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misshod en · ADJ

Etymology

From mis- + shod.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Badly or wrongly shod.
    • Racehorses are commonly misshod, under-exercised, brought to speed far too quickly, improperly fed, and very little lameness intervention is practiced. 1994, Tom Ivers, The Fit Racehorse II, page 299:
    • A faulty carriage wheel, a misshod horse . . . something such as this cost me my parents, and all my happiness. 2010, Julie Berry, The Amaranth Enchantment, page 81:
    • Mara watched her misshod feet with fey detachment as the person that was herself left the glade. 2012, Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts, Mistress of the Empire, page 67: