misopen

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verb

To open what one should not open.

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Meanings

verbmisopen (third-person singular simple present misopens, present participle misopening, simple past and past participle misopened)

present singular third person misopens · participle present misopening · participle past misopened · past misopened

  1. To open what one should not open.

    "Shen Yong, did you misopen the car?" Jiang Jing asked in confusion.

    2019, Xie Yingning, Light Warmth: Right Time, Our Time
    2 more examples

    But this argument hadn't really been about trust, or homework, or misopened mail, and we both knew it.

    1978, Norma Johnston, If You Love Me, Let Me Go, page 18

    The fresh air hit him, and for a moment he could almost put a name on the stink that came out of the misopened gate.

    2014, R. A. MacAvoy, The Book of Kells
  2. To do a bad job of opening.

    Tensely, Michael removed pieces of cork from a misopened bottle.

    1986, Janet Hobhouse, November, page 59

Origin

From mis- + open.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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