Meaning

To staple improperly..

Example Sentences

Additional reason for discarding the testimony to the effect that there were as many as 1,350 booklets improperly stapled, is the fact that, after first evading an answer to a question concerning an alleged statement two days after the discharge that only two hundred booklets had been misstapled, Sweren finally took the position that he did not " think that ( he ) did (state a figure as to the number of improperly stapled booklets) because (he didn't) think that (he) knew then how many there were involved."

And he has a penchant for young nurses and expensive cognac and he misstapled some poor woman's stomach.

Similarly, Rebeca's text was not only misstapled but misread as lacking coherence.

The draft of his speech had been misstapled.

Word Forms

• misstaples
• misstapling
• misstapled

When Should You Use Misstaple?

Use misstaple when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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