misslaughter

present singular third person misslaughters · participle present misslaughtering · participle past misslaughtered · past misslaughtered

1. To slaughter improperly.

   However birds can be mis-slaughtered (other parts of the body are cut instead) or missed (not slaughtered) by the machine.

   2014 November, M.M. Farouk, H.M. Al-Mazeedi, A.B. Sabow, A.E.D. Bekhit, K.D. Adeyemi, A.Q. Sazili, A. Ghani, “Halal and kosher slaughter methods and meat quality: A review”, in Meat Science, volume 98, number 3

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   When the battle progresses well, Saul misspeaks, misclaims the battle as his, misvows, his son miseats and the hungry men misslaughter.

   2003, Barbara Green, How Are the Mighty Fallen?, page 460

   There are also allegations of ill-treatment of animals (a video ofa shackled animal being badly misslaughtered by Rubashkin's was circulated a couple of years ago by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and even— rumor has it, I didn't even read the articles—a methamphetamine lab in the slaughterhouse.

   2011, Jonathan Boyarin, Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul, page 168

   To put that into context, while there is no nice way for an animal to die, sadly there are many instances in which animals are mis-stunned and mis-slaughtered.

   2014, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons, page 5

plural misslaughters

1. An instance of misslaughtering.

   Each of these methods carries risks of mis-stun or mis-slaughter which cause distress and suffering to the animal.

   2018, College of St. George, On-Farm and Local Slaughter Consultation

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   His subsequent misslaughter of an animal in the following legend reveals a high degree of incompetence in the economic arena.

   2015, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore), page 262

   This study was aimed to determine the misslaughter of the broiler chicken slaughtering process sold at traditional market of Jombang, East Java.

   2019, Indana Resti, Overview of Broiler Chicken Slaughtering Result Sold at Tradisional Markets in Jombang. (Undergraduate Thesis, IPB University)