Missewn

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of missew form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing sewing errors.

    "Thus, whether a dress was pretty and well made or ugly and missewn was irrelevant, since profit was not at issue: the dress would be “given away” at a subsidized price, not sold."

Example

More examples

"Thus, whether a dress was pretty and well made or ugly and missewn was irrelevant, since profit was not at issue: the dress would be “given away” at a subsidized price, not sold."

Etymology

From mis- + sewn.

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