misglue

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ glue.

Verb

misglue (third-person singular simple present misglues, present participle misgluing, simple past and past participle misglued)

1. To glue incorrectly.
   • 1984, David M. Osborne, Robots: The Application of Robots to Practical Work, page 95:

     After sufficient production had been made to do a worthwhile study, it was discovered that a significant number of seats were being misglued by the robot.

   • 2014, Po-Zen Wong, Bernice Wong, Learning About Learning Disabilities, page 289:

     he is likely to evaluate how well he understands each step before executing it; he may well reread multicomponent steps many times lest he make a mistake and misglue pieces.

   • 2019, Volker Caumanns, Marta Sernesi, Nikolai Solmsdorf, Unearthing Himalayan Treasures, page 450:

     The passage of the Old Tibetan Chronicle is misplaced or rather 'misglued', see Uray 1968: 289– 299.