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mispreserve

verb

Etymology

From mis- + preserve.

  1. derived from preserver
  2. inherited from preserven
  3. prefixed as mispreserve — “mis + preserve”

Definitions

  1. To preserve badly or to preserve something that does not merit preservation.

    • There is no positive evidence of the fact, but that proposition was raised is the exact reason why it is provided in the election law that you can't open a ballot box and can't take any cognizance of ballots that have been so mispreserved.
    • The "stars" of Fifty Years of Romance and Research include a native "Rob Roy of Sarawak," Hose's adoring wife Poppy, and a mispreserved giant orangutan head she valiantly delivered to Cambridge's Dr. Duckworth.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA