misglue

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verb

To glue incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmisglue (third-person singular simple present misglues, present participle misgluing or (uncommon) misglueing, simple past and past participle misglued)

present singular third person misglues · participle present misgluing · participle present uncommon misglueing · participle past misglued · past misglued

  1. To glue incorrectly.

    The passage of the Old Tibetan Chronicle is misplaced or rather 'misglued', see Uray 1968: 289– 299.

    2019, Volker Caumanns, Marta Sernesi, Nikolai Solmsdorf, Unearthing Himalayan Treasures, page 450
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    After sufficient production had been made to do a worthwhile study, it was discovered that a significant number of seats were being misglued by the robot.

    1984, David M. Osborne, Robots: The Application of Robots to Practical Work, page 95

    he is likely to evaluate how well he understands each step before executing it; he may well reread multicomponent steps many times lest he make a mistake and misglue pieces.

    2014, Po-Zen Wong, Bernice Wong, Learning About Learning Disabilities, page 289

Origin

From mis- + glue.

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APA

misglue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misglue

MLA

“misglue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misglue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misglue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misglue.

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