Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-sew
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sew badly, with errors.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The supervisor noticed that the Grievant had missewed a sham and helped her assemble her work."
"A similar but more quickly developing series of events occurred at an apparel factory when workers were accused of missewing garments."
"Now turn this sleeve over and show me what we have missewn."
""No." He shook his head. “Just shit they mis-sewed. But still classy.”"

Etymology

From mis- + sew.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

missews (present, singular) missewing (participle, present) missewed (past) missewn (participle, past) missewed (participle, past)

Questions

What does missew mean?: To sew badly, with errors.
Where does missew come from?: From mis- + sew.

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