miswrap

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ wrap.

Verb

miswrap (third-person singular simple present miswraps, present participle miswrapping, simple past and past participle miswrapped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To wrap incorrectly.
   • 1908, Oregon. Dairy and Food Commissioner, Biennial Report, page 22:

     We speak carefully and thoughtfully when we say that we honestly believe that the homoganized is more of a menace to the Oregon dairyman than the miswrapping of tub butter.

   • 1977, Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry:

     This apparatus includes means for moving a wrapped ream of paper through stations where the wrapping is inspected, a label is applied, the location of the label is inspected, and any reams which are miswrapped or mislabeled are rejected while the properly wrapped and labeled reams are forwarded for further processing .

   • 2004, Esquire - Volume 142, page 201:

     Either Frankie's miswrapping my hands, or I'm not punching square.

   • 2007, Jayanth Kumar Kannan, Matthew Chapman Caesar, Ion Stoica, Scott Shenker, On the Consistency of DHT-Based Routing:

     First, certain join orderings may cause a ring to miswrap and contain multiple zeros (this is referred to as a loopy cycle [7]).

   • 2008, Joe Coomer, One Vacant Chair, page 151:

     The whole batch must have been miswrapped.

Noun

miswrap (plural miswraps)

1. An instance of miswrapping.
   • 1963, American Management Association. Administrative Services Division, Case Studies in Computer-based Management, page 8:

     Miswraps dropped to less than 1 per cent.

   • 1975, Package Engineering - Volume 20, pages 1975-37:

     Reason: he saved a "substantial" amount of money on production line costs: fewer miswraps and jams and faulty packs with the cellophane .

   • 2007, HCA Comics Dallas Auction Catalog #824, page 12:

     We had a chance to scrutinize the only other 9.4 copy, and while that one had a bit of a miswrap, with the white border showing at the left edge, this one is perfectly centered, with no dust shadows, no foxing. . . nothing that would get in the way of enjoying this pristine gem.