mishealed

comparative more mishealed · superlative most mishealed

1. Improperly healed.

   With a touch I drew the mishealed bone straight again.

   1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun, page 273

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   As far as that goes, he was beaten all the time and wore a mishealed scar where his cheek had been caught between his teeth by a ring, but he went on springing and boxing , rushing out from the poolroom on a fresh challenge to spin around on his tango shoes and throw his tense, weightless punches.

   1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 66

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misheal