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Dispaired vs Mispaired - What's the difference?

dispaired | mispaired |

As a verb dispaired

is past tense of dispair.

As an adjective mispaired is

describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.

dispaired

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dispair)

    • dispair

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To separate (a pair).
    • I have dispaired two doves. — Beaumont and Fletcher.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with (despair). (Webster 1913)

    mispaired

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (genetics) Describing a chain of nucleic acid containing nucleotides that are not complementary to those in the corresponding position of the other chain.

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