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misvent en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + vent.

Meanings

1. To vent improperly.
   • They misvented the thing, or failed to vent it properly. 2014 June 1, Chris Cioffi, “Woman, daughter likely died from carbon monoxide; coroner identifies victims”, in Billings Gazette:
   • In the event of misventing the transfer cask, a worker near the cask could receive a dose by inhaling contaminated atmosphere. 2004, Proposed Idaho Spent Fuel Facility at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Butte County, Idaho., pages 4-28:
   • From behind Whitehead's bulk, a white plume of misvented woodsmoke escaped out the door, and Lee remembered the stench of the cabin, or smelled it again, as it made its way across the cold to him. 2008, Susan Choi, A Person of Interest:

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