misfasten

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verb

To fasten incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmisfasten (third-person singular simple present misfastens, present participle misfastening, simple past and past participle misfastened)

present singular third person misfastens · participle present misfastening · participle past misfastened · past misfastened

  1. To fasten incorrectly.

    To paraphrase Goethe, he who misfastens the first button will have trouble buttoning up his shirt.

    1990, F. Neubauer, Portfolio Management, page 39
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    When confidence is not pitched aright in God, or when it is misapplied, and misfastened to the creature: when the soul sets up somewhat for a stay and prop unto it, which it should not do, this is a spiritual and subtle sin, and must be repented of, as here, 'Asshur shall not save us,' &c.

    1862, Richard Sibbes, Alexander Balloch Grosart, The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, D.D., page 286

    She supposed that she should feel lucky that the missile hadn't exploded when the arms tech had misfastened the mount on her Sikorsky MH-60 Blackhawk.

    2018, M. L. Buchman, When They Just Know

Origin

From mis- + fasten.

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APA

misfasten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfasten

MLA

“misfasten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfasten. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misfasten,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfasten.

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