misseal

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verb

To seal improperly.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

verbmisseal (third-person singular simple present misseals, present participle missealing, simple past and past participle missealed)

present singular third person misseals · participle present missealing · participle past missealed · past missealed

  1. To seal improperly.

    In blind applications, these old approaches took much longer and risked missealing some of the intended locations.

    2004, Jeffrey J. Fox, Richard C. Gregory, The Dollarization Discipline, page 190
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    A deed of the premises to plaintiff was in every respect regular and sufficient to convey the legal title except that it was missealed and therefore conveyed only an equitable title.

    1907, Current Law - Volume 8, page 1574

    Due to different causes, as well as manpower limitations, limited amount of primals, or simply missealing, meat cuts could undergo subsequent vacuum packaging.

    2018, Charis M. Galanakis, Sustainable Meat Production and Processing, page 162

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APA

misseal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misseal

MLA

“misseal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misseal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misseal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misseal.

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