mispart

present singular third person misparts · participle present misparting · participle past misparted · past misparted

1. To part or divide badly.

   Tom's hair was misparted and stood out in places.

   1993, Robert Boswell, Crooked hearts, →ISBN, page 90

   2 more examples

   A piece of Maries hair is misparted, tucked behind her ear.

   1992, Michael C. White, Alan Davis, Birch Lane Press Presents American Fiction, →ISBN

   And Chris, (gina sighs), did her momma ever teach her how to part her hair or does she mispart it on purpose?

   1996 January 24, The Musil's, “Y&R Mystery hair”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs (Usenet)

2. To miscast for a role.

   The almost legendary Ivan Kozlovsky, with whom he gave the first Russian performance of the Serenade in the autumn of 1961, is misparted here.

   1986, Alan Blyth, Song on Record, →ISBN, page 214