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misrestoration en · NOUN

Etymology

From mis- + restoration.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act or process of misrestoring.
   • As it stands at the present day the rood-screen has suffered much from mutilation, renovation, and misrestoration. 1917, Aymer Vallance, “The History of Roods, Screens, and Lofts in the East Riding”, in The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, volume 24, page 133:
   • Misreport has acted on misrestoration, and vice versa, till both the genuine forms and their traditions have fatally suffered. 1895 January 26, “The Church of St. Mary, Harrow-on-the-Hill”, in The Builder, volume 68, number 2712, page 57:
   • The recent repairs of the mutilated images have unfortunately resulted in their misrestoration. 1981, Studies in the History of Malwa - Volume 6, page 49:
2. (countable) A botched restoration.
   • Cutting complementation and hollow-grinding permitted by these rotary instruments can contribute significantly to successful restorative procedures by avoiding the mispreparation of teeth leading to misrestorations. 1972, Quintessence International, Dental Digest, page 44:
   • Graphically the gimel may be a misrestoration of a half-obliterated hē. 1990, Jacob Neusner, Judaism and Christianity in the First Century, page 161:
   • The tubular spout, however, may be a misrestoration of an open or bridge-spout which would place the bowl in Type 7B . 1962, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, page 27:
   • the inscribed date (1527) may easily be due to a misrestoration. 1943, Erwin Panofsky, Albrecht Dürer: Handlist, concordances, and illustrations, page 18:

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