missewn

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ sewn.

Adjective

missewn (comparative more missewn, superlative most missewn)

1. Containing sewing errors.
   • 2005, Vladimir Tismaneanu, The Revolutions of 1989, page 70:

     Thus, whether a dress was pretty and well made or ugly and missewn was irrelevant, since profit was not at issue: the dress would be “given away” at a subsidized price, not sold.

   • 2008, George Musser, The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory:

     A universe can be fully equivalent to a lesser-dimensional one on its boundary. Like missewn threads between different parts of a shirt, nonlocal.

   • 2009, Pamela Cobrin, From Winning the Vote to Directing on Broadway, page 112:

     The women conspire to cover up the murder by hiding evidence that only another woman could decipher within the women's world of the kitchen, such as a missewn quilt and an unkempt cupboard that attest to Minnie's distraught state of mind.

   • 2010, Rosemary Laurey, Love Me Forever:

     Justin's suggestion of a missewn selvage wouldn't work with the nap, but she did have a bolt end she'd put aside, as it had a row of flaws.

Verb

missewn

1. past participle of missew