missew

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ sew.

Verb

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missew (third-person singular simple present missews, present participle missewing, simple past missewed, past participle missewn or missewed)

  1. To sew badly, with errors.
    • 1968, “A Method for Tapering Purse Seines”, in Commercial Fisheries Abstracts - Volume 21, page 5:
      But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth.
    • 1991, Randy Hodson, Labor Arbitration Information System, page 289:
      The supervisor noticed that the Grievant had missewed a sham and helped her assemble her work.
    • 2001, Dignity at Work, page 99:
      A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments.
    • 2009, Jay Lake, Green, page 51:
      Now turn this sleeve over and show me what we have missewn.
    • 2014, Mark Powell, The Sheltering: A Novel:
      "No." He shook his head. “Just shit they mis-sewed. But still classy.”