Meaning of miswork | Babel Free

Definitions

To work (something) incorrectly.

ambitransitive

Examples

“It is possible to miswork a piece of steel so as to have a cavity in the center.”

“If any person who, with the intent to defraud or appropriate to his own use the horse, mule, jack, jenny, ox, cow, calf, sheep, hog, or other stock of another, shall willfully miswork or misbrand any stock not his own, or kill any stock running at large, whether branded, marked, or not, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not less than six months nor more than five years.”

“Yes, it is foolish indeed when people who miswork the land, acting contrary to the laws of nature, complain afterwards that it is depleted and invent the law of diminishing returns,”

“I find it absurd that because we miswork one case, we can lose what amounts to either $7 or $14 million in 1 fiscal year.”

“One or another would come late, miswork the tape machine, help families make appointment times when they could not be taped, be unable to locate newly assigned families for a week or two, etc.”

“Hierarchies and a government that caters to them have given those who manage businesses every right to mismanage, and employees little right to miswork.”

CEFR level