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mispart en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + part.

Meanings

1. To part or divide badly.
   • And Chris, (gina sighs), did her momma ever teach her how to part her hair or does she mispart it on purpose? 1996 January 24, The Musil's, “Y&R Mystery hair”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs (Usenet):
   • A piece of Maries hair is misparted, tucked behind her ear. 1992, Michael C. White, Alan Davis, Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction, →ISBN:
   • Tom's hair was misparted and stood out in places. 1993, Robert Boswell, Crooked hearts, →ISBN, page 90:
2. To miscast for a role.
   • The almost legendary Ivan Kozlovsky, with whom he gave the first Russian performance of the Serenade in the autumn of 1961, is misparted here. 1986, Alan Blyth, Song on Record, →ISBN, page 214:

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