Misopen

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To open what one should not open.

    "But this argument hadn't really been about trust, or homework, or misopened mail, and we both knew it."

  2. 2
    To do a bad job of opening.

    "Tensely, Michael removed pieces of cork from a misopened bottle."

Example

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"But this argument hadn't really been about trust, or homework, or misopened mail, and we both knew it."

Etymology

From mis- + open.

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