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misstitched

misstitched is the simple past and past participle of misstitch.

Adjective

misstitched (comparative more misstitched, superlative most misstitched)

  1. Containing misstitches; poorly sewn.
    • Even our benchwarmers had their visible flaws: warts, rashes, oozing sores, and misstitched scars.2006, George Singleton, Drowning in Gruel
    • For example, if I were to say, "This shirt from T.J. Maxx doesn't fit right," it wouldn't really be a White Whine because T. J. Maxx is an affordable store that sells affordable, misstitched, stained clothing in unmarked piles under dead mosquito-filled fluorescent lights (can you tell my mom made...2013, Streeter Seidell, White Whine: A Study of First-World Problems
  2. (broadly) Poorly put together.
    • Once, when she returned to her historical fiction after an intense period of political activity, she called her creative work “my miserable misstitched writing” (Diary, November 13, 1914).1994, Joanne E. Gates, Elizabeth Robins, 1862–1952: Actress, Novelist, Feminist, page 186
    • Here again we have the passionate love of beauty, this time beauty of form, as desired by a misstitched, gnarled, crooked stableman and odd-job man attached to a travelling circus:2013, Timothy Rogers, Georgian Poetry 1911-22

Meaning of misstitch

Verb

misstitch (third-person singular simple present misstitches, present participle misstitching, simple past and past participle misstitched)

  1. To make an error in stitching.
    • Keep extra yarn available to replace strands that have been misstitched; ripping such misstitched strands out of a canvas invariably damages their fibers so they cannot be reused.1973, The Custom Look, page 192

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Forms of misstitched

comparativemore misstitched
superlativemost misstitched

Questions about misstitched

What does misstitched mean?
Misstitched means containing misstitches; poorly sewn.
What is misstitched the simple past and past participle of?
Misstitched is the simple past and past participle of misstitch.
What part of speech is misstitched?
Misstitched is an adjective.

Words near misstitched in the dictionary

  1. missteppers
  2. misstepping
  3. missteppings
  4. missteps
  5. misstitch
  6. misstitched
  7. misstitches
  8. misstitching
  9. misstock
  10. misstocked
  11. misstocking

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