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missplitting

missplitting is the present participle and gerund of missplit.

Meaning of missplit

Verb

missplit (third-person singular simple present missplits, present participle missplitting, simple past and past participle missplit)

  1. To split incorrectly.
    • In the 1953 program, it was more or less a crash progam in which the Bureau of the Budget on one day told us we could come up here with so much money and that night at 4 o'clock in the morning they finally finished splitting items, and they missplit this particular item and had the estimate too low...1954, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, The Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1955, page 719
  2. (meat processing) To incompletely sever the spinal column with a saw.
    • After observing them at work for some 5 minutes, Ludlow concluded it was Beedle who missplit 10 to 30 percent of the cattle he sawed.1973, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 879

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Noun

missplitting (uncountable)

  1. An instance of missplitting.
    • Data for the potential human exposure portion of the model include antemortem and postmortem inspection, pneumatic stunning, carcass missplitting, advanced meat recovery systems, and […]2003, Marianne D. Miliotis, Jeffrey W. Bier, International Handbook of Foodborne Pathogens, page 809
    • The likelihood that missplitting will occur depends on the size and age of the animal (e.g. calves are less likely to be missplit than bulls or cows) and the proficiency of the saw operator.2003, Brian K. Nunnally, Ira S. Krull, Prions and Mad Cow Disease, page 68

Questions about missplitting

What does missplitting mean?
Missplitting means an instance of missplitting.
What is missplitting the present participle and gerund of?
Missplitting is the present participle and gerund of missplit.
What part of speech is missplitting?
Missplitting is a noun.

Words near missplitting in the dictionary

  1. misspliced
  2. missplices
  3. missplicing
  4. missplit
  5. missplits
  6. missplitting
  7. misspoke
  8. misspoken
  9. misspool
  10. misspooled
  11. misspooling

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