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misglue

misglue verb: to glue incorrectly.

Verb

misglue (third-person singular simple present misglues, present participle misgluing or (uncommon) misglueing, simple past and past participle misglued)

  1. To glue incorrectly.
    • After sufficient production had been made to do a worthwhile study, it was discovered that a significant number of seats were being misglued by the robot.1984, David M. Osborne, Robots: The Application of Robots to Practical Work, page 95
    • he is likely to evaluate how well he understands each step before executing it; he may well reread multicomponent steps many times lest he make a mistake and misglue pieces.2014, Po-Zen Wong, Bernice Wong, Learning About Learning Disabilities, page 289

Forms of misglue

third-person singular presentmisglues
present participlemisgluing
present participle uncommonmisglueing
past participlemisglued
pastmisglued

Origin of misglue

From mis- + glue.

Questions about misglue

What does misglue mean?
Misglue means to glue incorrectly.
What part of speech is misglue?
Misglue is a verb.
What is the past tense of misglue?
The past tense of misglue is misglued.

Words near misglue in the dictionary

  1. misgivings
  2. misgloss
  3. misglossed
  4. misglosses
  5. misglossing
  6. misglue
  7. misglued
  8. misglues
  9. misgluing
  10. misglycosylated
  11. misglycosylation

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