Meaning

(transitive) To incorrectly test..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To incorrectly test.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To hostilely set challenges for.
3. (countable) An incorrectly applied test.
4. (uncountable) The act or process of mistesting.

Example Sentences

This is because they test at a very small, 0 to 1/8 inch, gage length and can mistest a wool with a tender section or break.

'We could have defrauded you,' Rachael said. 'Nothing forced us to admit you mistested me. And the same for the other nine subjects we've selected.'

Both the NAEP report and the recent Third International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) examining mathematics proficiency suggest that Americans are not so much undertested as mistested: vast amounts of breadth, but almost no depth, appears to be the norm.

It was no surprise at all when I heard, much later, that as they were abating their own Downtown building, the EPA mis'''tested the rest of Lower Manhattan and misinformed the citizenry about the danger.

Although it mought be somewhat dangerous, just hereabouts, to confess yourself a sodger of King George—let me tell you, that, being against you, I am not the person to mistest you on that head, by spreading the news abroad, or setting a few dozen of whigs upon your scent, which is a thing easily done.

With this method of using a key and either using the two cords or one cord, it will prevent a mistest of that kind.

The specimen was then removed from the chamber, inspected to determine the mode of failure and whether the failure was of a general nature, or if there was a mistest.

The number may be expected to increase as the number of chips per MCM increases but for the 9 chip bipolar MCM, human errors and mistests occurred just as they have occurred for the 100 chip TCM.

Word Forms

• mistests
• mistesting
• mistested

When Should You Use Mistest?

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

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