Misinspect
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To misinterpret or overlook something when inspecting.
"Our Kansas hard wheat is such a distinctive type that it is not easy to misinspect or unfairly treat it, although the tendency at times is to mix some other wheat with it, and pass it off as Kansas wheat; but we have a grade that covers that class of wheat, which is kown as mixed wheat, composed of any kind of sound wheat from any locality."
Example
More examples"Our Kansas hard wheat is such a distinctive type that it is not easy to misinspect or unfairly treat it, although the tendency at times is to mix some other wheat with it, and pass it off as Kansas wheat; but we have a grade that covers that class of wheat, which is kown as mixed wheat, composed of any kind of sound wheat from any locality."
Etymology
From mis- + inspect.
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