mistightened
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]mistightened
- simple past and past participle of mistighten
Adjective
[edit]mistightened (comparative more mistightened, superlative most mistightened)
- Improperly tightened.
- 2002, Verti-flite - Volumes 48-49, page 57:
- Castering nosewheel which readily locked with mistightened shimmy dampened collar.
- 2005, Syne Mitchell, End in Fire, page 118:
- It would waste more oxygen they couldn't afford to spare. All because of a mistightened valve.
- 2012, Jack Campbell, Burden of Proof:
- The authorities on Franklin didn't like having to retrieve drifting lines, but they really hated mistightened lines pulling a ship and the station back into uncontrolled contact.