misbuild

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misbuild

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From mis- + build.

verb misbuilds · misbuilding · misbuilt

transitive To build wrongly or badly. With a violent effort of packing and scheming (e.g., a box of books with cross-bars in it, and shelves which were to be put in, and make the box a press, &c. &c.), in all which Larkin and Maggie Welsh assisted diligently, I got down to Marina on one of the first days of May [Sat., 14 May]. Dreary an
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@misc{misbuild_2026,
  title = {misbuild},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misbuild},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}