misstaple

misstaple verb: to staple improperly.

Verb

misstaple (third-person singular simple present misstaples, present participle misstapling, simple past and past participle misstapled)

To staple improperly.
- Additional reason for discarding the testimony to the effect that there were as many as 1,350 booklets improperly stapled, is the fact that, after first evading an answer to a question concerning an alleged statement two days after the discharge that only two hundred booklets had been misstapled...1965, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 223
- And he has a penchant for young nurses and expensive cognac and he misstapled some poor woman's stomach.1987, The South Carolina Review - Volumes 20-21, page 53

Similarly, Rebeca's text was not only misstapled but misread as lacking coherence.2014, Catherine Compton-Lilly, Erica Halverson, Time and Space in Literacy Research, page 90:
The draft of his speech had been misstapled.2022, Junnosuke Masumi, Contemporary Politics in Japan, page 111:

third-person singular present	misstaples
present participle	misstapling
past participle	misstapled
past	misstapled

From mis- + staple.

What does misstaple mean?: Misstaple means to staple improperly.
How do you use misstaple in a sentence?: Similarly, Rebeca's text was not only misstapled but misread as lacking coherence.
What part of speech is misstaple?: Misstaple is a verb.
What is the past tense of misstaple?: The past tense of misstaple is misstapled.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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