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mishang en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + hang.

Meanings

1. To hang improperly.
   • On my catch-up review for this edition, I was dutifully checking out the larger size rack, only to discover someone had accidently^([sic]) or intentionally mishung some very choice stuff, just right for my size-twelve bod. 1995, N. Berman, Thrift Shop Maniac's Guided Tours, page 124:
   • The New York Museum of Modern Art recently mishung a cut-and-pasted gouache of a sailboat and reflection by Henri Matisse. 1962, The Music Magazine and Musical Courier, page 31:
   • What if the rigger (the person who anchors the grids to the building ceiling) mishangs a single cable? 1998, Glen Ballou, Handbook for Sound Engineers: The New Audio Cyclopedia, page 1250:

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