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# misdo

verb (misdo, misdoes, misdid, misdone, misdoing — rare, old-fashioned)

«misdo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (rare, old use) To do something wrongly or badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#m1)
2. (rare, old use) To do wrong; to behave badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#m2)

### In the lessons

Very rarely used today; you may meet it in old books. The noun «misdoing» (a wrong action, usually «misdoings») is more common. In everyday English say «do something wrong» or «make a mistake». Phrases: misdoings (wrong actions).

### Examples

- To misdo a task is to do it wrongly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x1)
- The old book said he would never misdo again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x2)
- The villain's misdoings were found out at last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x3)
- «I have misdone,» confessed the knight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x4)
- If you misdo the steps, the cake will not rise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x5)
- Her misdoings were forgiven by the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/#x6)

### Note

Irregular, like «do»: misdid, misdone. Rare and old-fashioned; better to say «do it wrong». «Mis-» means wrongly (misspell, misunderstand). Pronounced mis-DOO.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «misdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misdo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«misdo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/misdo.html) on Mova free.