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mispin

mispin verb: to pin incorrectly.

Verb

mispin (third-person singular simple present mispins, present participle mispinning, simple past and past participle mispinned)

  1. To pin incorrectly.
    • They knew before they mispinned the stinger “of the dangerous condition of the crane"1996, North western reporter, page 179
    • Put a lanyard onto the standing part of the mispinned shroud, just below the upper terminal.1997, Brion Toss, The Complete Rigger's Apprentice, page 280

Noun

mispin (plural mispins)

  1. An instance of mispinning.
    • Nonjudgmental decisions, such as holes, grease spots and mispins, are recorded instantly in the computer.1980, Textile Industries - Volume 144, page 23
    • The selvedge trim is sucked away where in the ordinary course of events a mispin could cause it to be missed – but mispins have no effect on the performance of this device.1993, Textile Asia - Volume 24, Issues 7-12, page 22

Examples of mispin in a sentence

  • One of the most difficult wiring harness problems to diagnose is multiple-terminal connectors which have one or more terminal and wire that is not inserted in the correct connector cavity (mispinned).2013, Joseph Bell, Modern Diesel Technology: Electricity and Electronics, page 510:
  • I pulled at the jumpsuit's rags, stuck to my skin like tails mispinned on a donkey.2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found:

Forms of mispin

Verb
third-person singular presentmispins
present participlemispinning
past participlemispinned
pastmispinned
Noun
pluralmispins

Origin of mispin

From mis- + pin.

Questions about mispin

What does mispin mean?
Mispin means to pin incorrectly.
How do you use mispin in a sentence?
One of the most difficult wiring harness problems to diagnose is multiple-terminal connectors which have one or more terminal and wire that is not inserted in the correct connector cavity (mispinned).
What part of speech is mispin?
Mispin can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mispin?
The past tense of mispin is mispinned.

Words near mispin in the dictionary

  1. mispicks
  2. mispile
  3. mispiled
  4. mispiles
  5. mispiling
  6. mispin
  7. mispinned
  8. mispinning
  9. mispins
  10. mispitch
  11. mispitched

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