misprised

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Verb

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misprised

  1. simple past and past participle of misprise

Adjective

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misprised (comparative more misprised, superlative most misprised)

  1. Despised, unappreciated. [from 18th c.]
    • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 102:
      The misprised Greeks had manoeuvred us into positions where we could be surrounded and cut off, and yet we very rarely saw them.