Meaning of mismend | Babel Free

Definitions

To mend improperly; to attempt to fix without success.

transitive

Examples

“A flash of something like a look of scorn darted from under the brows of the cynical Grindlines, his very nose curled with angry disapprobation, as he threw down a pen which he had been mending or mismending, and muttered — A - M - P - L - I - T - I - C - A - T - I - O - N !!”

“He cannot see well, mislays his glasses, and frequently mismends the nets.”

“They walked with an ease that bespoke strength, bespoke limbs that had never been cracked and mismended, never felt the ravages of age.”

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