Mismend
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success. transitive
"A flash of something like a look of scorn darted from under the brows of the cynical Grindlines, his very nose curled with angry disapprobation, as he threw down a pen which he had been mending or mismending, and muttered — A - M - P - L - I - T - I - C - A - T - I - O - N !!"
Example
More examples"A flash of something like a look of scorn darted from under the brows of the cynical Grindlines, his very nose curled with angry disapprobation, as he threw down a pen which he had been mending or mismending, and muttered — A - M - P - L - I - T - I - C - A - T - I - O - N !!"
Etymology
From mis- + mend.
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