mislace

present singular third person mislaces · participle present mislacing · participle past mislaced · past mislaced

1. To lace improperly.

   I opened a book which seemed to be mislaced, and found a thousand-franc note in it.

   1901, Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury, Comédie Humaine, page 373

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   He dressed quickly, missing buttons, mislacing his high shoes, and he went out into the neon night.

   1978, Samuel Astrachan, Katz-Cohen: A Novel, page 284

   The first week, an ashcarver from Ashtabula had hanged himself in quarters after the sergeant major had made him stand at attention for three days and nights for mislacing a legging.

   1983, Susan Arnout Smith, The Frozen Lady, page 306

   For a day or two Tell even speculated on the possibility that Roger Daltrey himself might have taken a turn wearing the mislaced white sneakers.

   1994, Stephen King, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, page 272