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Meaning of misknit | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To knit incorrectly; to make an error in one's knitting.

Examples

“There are a great many people who seem to think that religion means not doing wrong. As if a knitting machine would be considered good that never knit any stockings, because it never misknit!”
“For a man now nearly forgotten except as an evil misknit in the Great Tapestry of the Hero's life, General Adolphus W. Greely's 91 years of life were filled with such variety and intensity of experience as few persons will ever match.”
“Alternatively, needles may misknit but still take the new yarn, a process called tucking.”
“The face yarn is misknitted purposely to allow other yarns to appear on the right side of the fabric.”
“My mother is quite the pedant and so she was disappointed to learn she had misknit. She has unravelled bigger things to fix smaller mistakes before.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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