Missharpen

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sharpen incorrectly.

    "It is our opinion that this missharpening and thus consequent misuse would be the basic and primary source of the failure."

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"It is our opinion that this missharpening and thus consequent misuse would be the basic and primary source of the failure."

Etymology

From mis- + sharpen.

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