Meanings
present singular third person misshades · participle present misshading · participle past misshaded · past misshaded
- 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 Monuments2 more examples
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 889Then, 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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misshade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misshade
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