Mismend

Quick meaning: Mismend is a verb meaning (transitive) To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success.

Meaning

(transitive) To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success.

Example Sentences

He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.

They walked with an ease that bespoke strength, bespoke limbs that had never been cracked and mismended, never felt the ravages of age.

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 !!

Word Forms

• mismends
• mismending
• mismended

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misrepair, misfix, mismake, misprovide, misdo, mismean.

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