misopen

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ open.

Verb

misopen (third-person singular simple present misopens, present participle misopening, simple past and past participle misopened)

To open what one should not open.
- 1978, Norma Johnston, If You Love Me, Let Me Go, page 18:
  But this argument hadn't really been about trust, or homework, or misopened mail, and we both knew it.
- 2014, R. A. MacAvoy, The Book of Kells:
  The fresh air hit him, and for a moment he could almost put a name on the stink that came out of the misopened gate.
- 2019, Xie Yingning, Light Warmth: Right Time, Our Time:
  "Shen Yong, did you misopen the car?" Jiang Jing asked in confusion.
To do a bad job of opening.
- 1986, Janet Hobhouse, November, page 59:
  Tensely, Michael removed pieces of cork from a misopened bottle.