missharpen

verb

Etymology

From mis- + sharpen.

  1. inherited from scharpenen
  2. prefixed as missharpen — “mis + sharpen

Definitions

  1. To sharpen incorrectly.

    • It is our opinion that this missharpening and thus consequent misuse would be the basic and primary source of the failure.
    • Curbow credibly testified that a production line supervisor brought one bad cutter to Curbow complaining about how it was sharpened; Curbow thereafter checked the toolcrib and found three others similarly missharpened.
    • If you have missharpened an instrument in this manner, you will notice that it does not engage calculus readily; instead , there is a tendency to slip over deposits.

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