misseasoned

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mis- +‎ seasoned

Adjective[edit]

misseasoned (comparative more misseasoned, superlative most misseasoned)

  1. Badly seasoned.
    • 1808, Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt, Works: Paraphrases on hard texts, page 514:
      And the doctrines of that wicked impostor were as bitter as wormwood, and did put an ill savour and odious distastefulness upon all that were misseasoned with them: insomuch as these seducements proved deadly to many thousand souls.
    • 1902, Christine Terhune Herrick, The Little Dinner, page 8:
      Yet his tastes should not be so fastidious that he will fail to be satisfied with simple, well-cooked food. Least of all, must he have so tender a regard for his palate that a misseasoned dish will spoil his dinner and his temper.
    • 2014, Mike Conner ·, Archangel:
      Everything was overcooked and misseasoned, but Kal, seeing how blotched Mrs. Lund's face was, swore it was the best dinner she had ever cooked.