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Definition of Misfeed
1. Verb. (transitive) To feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misfeed
1. to feed wrongly [v -FED, -FEEDING, -FEEDS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misfeed
Literary usage of Misfeed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Teaching of English in the Elementary and the Secondary School by Percival Chubb (1902)
"But we do not nourish if we either overfeed or misfeed or overtax, and our
ambitious new programmes show a tendency toward all these things. ..."
2. The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon by Henry Sweet (1897)
"... transgress ; fare badly, turn out badly. mis-fedan misfeed (!). mis-feran go
astray, transgress. mis-fön i fail to get hold of or astray ; wi. mistake ..."
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