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misknotted

misknotted is the simple past and past participle of misknot.

Meaning of misknot

Verb

misknot (third-person singular simple present misknots, present participle misknotting, simple past and past participle misknotted)

  1. To tie a knot incorrectly.
    • He knew about Kidd. Kidd the Jay Hawker, Kidd the bounty hunter, Kidd the man who deliberately misknotted a hangman's noose so that the poor devil on the end of it kicked until he choked to death.1976, Jake Logan, North to Dakota, page 25

Adjective

misknotted (comparative more misknotted, superlative most misknotted)

  1. Incorrectly knotted.
    • Women with corsages were few, and the only guy to show up in a tux was a returning alumnus with a misknotted bowtie that dangled from his neck like a damp golf glove.1991 December, Larry Sheehan, “Dartmouth's Carnival”, in Snow Country, volume 4, number 8, page 138
    • Here I was suddenly a man of means and this little snot-nosed kid in a short-sleeved white shirt with ketchup on the pocket and misknotted tie was ordering me about.2000, Dann Landers, Drifter, page 14

Forms of misknotted

comparativemore misknotted
superlativemost misknotted

Questions about misknotted

What does misknotted mean?
Misknotted means incorrectly knotted.
What is misknotted the simple past and past participle of?
Misknotted is the simple past and past participle of misknot.
What part of speech is misknotted?
Misknotted is an adjective.

Words near misknotted in the dictionary

  1. misknits
  2. misknitted
  3. misknitting
  4. misknot
  5. misknots
  6. misknotted
  7. misknotting
  8. misknow
  9. misknowing
  10. misknowledge
  11. misknowledges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misknotted (page history and authors); misknot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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