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missew en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + sew.

Meanings

1. To sew badly, with errors.
   • A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments. 2001, Dignity at Work, page 99:
   • Now turn this sleeve over and show me what we have missewn. 2009, Jay Lake, Green, page 51:
   • But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth. 1968, “A Method for Tapering Purse Seines”, in Commercial Fisheries Abstracts - Volume 21, page 5:
   • The supervisor noticed that the Grievant had missewed a sham and helped her assemble her work. 1991, Randy Hodson, Labor Arbitration Information System, page 289:
   • "No." He shook his head. “Just shit they mis-sewed. But still classy.” 2014, Mark Powell, The Sheltering: A Novel:

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