Home › Words › M › mispreservemispreservemispreserve means to preserve badly or to preserve something that does not merit preservation.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mispreserve ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom mis- + preserve.verbTo preserve badly or to preserve something that does not merit preservation.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).