missew

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ sew

Verb

missew (third-person singular simple present missews, present participle missewing, simple past missewed, past participle missewn or missewed)

1. To sew badly, with errors.
   • 1968, “A Method for Tapering Purse Seines”, in Commercial Fisheries Abstracts - Volume 21, page 5:

     But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth.

   • 1991, Randy Hodson, Labor Arbitration Information System, page 289:

     The supervisor noticed that the Grievant had missewed a sham and helped her assemble her work.

   • 2001, Dignity at Work, page 99:

     A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments.

   • 2009, Jay Lake, Green, page 51:

     Now turn this sleeve over and show me what we have missewn.

   • 2014, Mark Powell, The Sheltering: A Novel:

     "No." He shook his head. “Just shit they mis-sewed. But still classy.”