mis·de·vel·op
| \ ˌmis-di-ˈve-ləp
, -dē- \
, -dē- \
misdeveloped; misdeveloping
Definition of misdevelop
: to develop wrongly
… and its sap-sucking causes the developing seeds to wither and misdevelop.— Leslie Powell … there are plenty of lines of human endeavor … in which standardization is eminently proper; but it is peculiarly easy to misdevelop it into a wooden and cramping formalism.— Theodore Roosevelt
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“Misdevelop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misdevelop. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of misdevelop was in 1843
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