mispart

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ part.

Verb

mispart (third-person singular simple present misparts, present participle misparting, simple past and past participle misparted)

1. To part or divide badly.
   • 1992, Michael C. White, Alan Davis, Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction, →ISBN:

     A piece of Maries hair is misparted, tucked behind her ear.

   • 1993, Robert Boswell, Crooked hearts, →ISBN, page 90:

     Tom's hair was misparted and stood out in places.

   • 1996 January 24, The Musil's, “Y&R Mystery hair”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs (Usenet):

     And Chris, (gina sighs), did her momma ever teach her how to part her hair or does she mispart it on purpose?

2. To miscast for a role.
   • 1986, Alan Blyth, Song on Record, →ISBN, page 214:

     The almost legendary Ivan Kozlovsky, with whom he gave the first Russian performance of the Serenade in the autumn of 1961, is misparted here.

Anagrams

• Primats, arm pits, armpits, imparts