ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mistightened

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Mistightened is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of mistighten.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of mistighten.

More Meanings

  1. Improperly tightened.

Example Sentences

Castering nosewheel which readily locked with mistightened shimmy dampened collar.
It would waste more oxygen they couldn't afford to spare. All because of a mistightened valve.
The authorities on Franklin didn't like having to retrieve drifting lines, but they really hated mistightened lines pulling a ship and the station back into uncontrolled contact.

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