misshade

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verb

To shade improperly.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbmisshade (third-person singular simple present misshades, present participle misshading, simple past and past participle misshaded)

present singular third person misshades · participle present misshading · participle past misshaded · past misshaded

  1. To shade improperly.

    The secretary of the interior has misstated and/or misshaded a few facts in the paragraph just quoted.

    2017, Andy Kerr, Precedent for Secretary Zinke’s Gut-Job on the National Monuments
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    Two days later when he was being discharged, Adams handed Borden a termination slip stating that he was being discharged for misshading.

    1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 889

    Then, with his emergently famous precision, he enumerated the flaws Bridges had made when he copied the map. […] Rocks too far north and of the wrong size. Hills misplaced, misshaded. Rivers too close together.

    2013, Marguerite Holloway, The Measure of Manhattan

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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