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missewn

missewn adjective: containing sewing errors. Also the past participle of missew.

Adjective

missewn (comparative more missewn, superlative most missewn)

  1. Containing sewing errors.
    • Thus, whether a dress was pretty and well made or ugly and missewn was irrelevant, since profit was not at issue: the dress would be “given away” at a subsidized price, not sold.2005, Vladimir Tismaneanu, The Revolutions of 1989, page 70
    • A universe can be fully equivalent to a lesser-dimensional one on its boundary. Like missewn threads between different parts of a shirt, nonlocal.2008, George Musser, The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory

Also used as

missewn is also the past participle of missew.

Forms of missewn

comparativemore missewn
superlativemost missewn

Origin of missewn

From mis- + sewn.

Questions about missewn

What does missewn mean?
Missewn means containing sewing errors.
What part of speech is missewn?
Missewn is an adjective.

Words near missewn in the dictionary

  1. missets
  2. missetting
  3. missew
  4. missewed
  5. missewing
  6. missewn
  7. missews
  8. missex
  9. missexed
  10. missexes
  11. missexing

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