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MISALLY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misally ... he / she / it misallies
Past simple: misallied
Past participle: misallied
-ing form: misallying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
Example:
The two countries are misallied
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "misally" is one way to...):
ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derivation:
misalliance (an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage))
