Meaning of mistest | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To incorrectly test.
   transitive
2. To hostilely set challenges for.
   obsolete, transitive

Examples

“This is because they test⟳ at a very small, 0 to 1/8 inch, gage length and can mistest a wool with a tender section or break⟳.”

“'We could have⟳ defrauded you,' Rachael said. 'Nothing forced us to admit⟳ you mistested me. And the same for the other nine subjects we've selected.'”

“Both the NAEP report⟳ and the recent Third International Maths and Science Study⟳ (TIMSS) examining mathematics proficiency suggest⟳ that Americans are not so much undertested as mistested: vast amounts of breadth, but almost no depth, appears to be the norm.”

“It was no surprise⟳ at all when I heard, much later, that as they were abating their own⟳ Downtown building, the EPA mis'''tested the rest⟳ of Lower Manhattan and misinformed the citizenry about the danger.”

“Although it mought be somewhat dangerous, just hereabouts, to confess yourself a sodger of King George—let⟳ me tell⟳ you, that, being against you, I am not the person to mistest you on that head, by spreading the news abroad, or setting a few dozen of whigs upon your scent, which is a thing easily done.”

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