mismount

mismount verb: to mount improperly.

Verb

mismount (third-person singular simple present mismounts, present participle mismounting, simple past and past participle mismounted)

To mount improperly.
- One afternoon his foreman, Joe, passes John's area just in time to see him mismount a piece on dures.1981, Supervisory Management, page 13
- “You can't afford to mismount a tire,” he said.1982, Coal Age - Volume 87, Issues 1-6, page 143

mismount (countable and uncountable, plural mismounts)

The act or process of mismounting.
- She was very stiff and lame, and was made more so by a mismount, catching in her saddle and tipping down on the bruised side; but she picked up and went at it again with a will, and after a wobble or two across the road, was bowling along at the same risky pace as before.1890, Walter Besant, The Revolt of Man
- This capability can be used to reduce or eliminate significant sources of lost data and processing time, such as operator mismounts, incorrect volume specification, and a number of integrity flaws that are described in the integrity section.1978, Michel J. Orceyre, Robert H. Courtney, Gloria R. Bolotsky, Considerations in the Selection of Security Measures for Automatic Data Processing Systems, page 10

If the gun is mismounted then the eye-barrel relationship is off and the benefits of the gunfit exponentially decrease the farther away the bird is.2006, Tom Deck, Orvis Guide to Gunfitting, page 42:
In some cases we also encountered very bad results probably due to the mismount of the sample.1987, Yamaguchi Daigaku, Technology Reports of the Yamaguchi University - Volume 4, page 136:
A mismount at twenty-five yards often leads to a crippled bird, and the dog often has a hard time finding it.2006, Tom Deck, Orvis Guide to Gunfitting, page 42:
A mismount can allow them to rip out of the ski, but this is highly unlikely, since you'll likely be putting even less torque on these bindings.2017, Justin Lichter, Shawn Forry, Ultralight Winter Travel, page 146:

Verb
third-person singular present	mismounts
present participle	mismounting
past participle	mismounted
past	mismounted
Noun
plural	mismounts

From mis- + mount.

What does mismount mean?: Mismount means to mount improperly.
How do you use mismount in a sentence?: If the gun is mismounted then the eye-barrel relationship is off and the benefits of the gunfit exponentially decrease the farther away the bird is.
What part of speech is mismount?: Mismount can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mismount?: The past tense of mismount is mismounted.

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