Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Badly done.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Badly wrought.

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  • adjective Badly wrought.

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ wrought

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Examples

  • The Warlock rejoined, "Arise now to thy work lest it be miswrought by loitering;" and so saying he ate whatso of meats had been served up to him and fared forth to thread the Bazars of

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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