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mistoss

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To toss incorrectly.

Examples

“A young riveter follows a mistossed bolt into a rich girl's boudoir to prevent⟳ a fire.”
“I worked with absolute focus⟳, as though mistossing one piece of brush might make⟳ the difference.”
“The warm and limber hand that had offered nuts or berries, caught my mistossed balls, set⟳ young “Mast' Edguh” on his feet after a fall⟳?”
“When she was in stretching distance of the mattress, she keeled over rigidly like⟳ a caber that had been mistossed.”
“Demonstrate⟳ repeated miscommunication by asking students to gather in a circle as they mis-toss a soft foam ball to one another.”

CEFR level

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