Misharvest
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A poor harvest; a crop failure. countable, uncountable
"The use of the profit criterion leads thus to the ridiculous conclusion that a misharvest is better than an abundant crop."
- 1 To harvest the wrong thing or at the wrong time.
"Performance and accuracy covering harvesting width, adjustments for different crop heights and lodged plants, percentage of misharvesting, slippage and sinking of machine, header loss on field, quality of grain out put capacity of machine, clogging and case of its reduction, safety arrangements, power requirement, operating cost of machine and ease of operation."
Example
More examples"The use of the profit criterion leads thus to the ridiculous conclusion that a misharvest is better than an abundant crop."
Etymology
From mis- + harvest.
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