Definition of Misstart

1. to start off badly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misstart

misspend
misspender
misspenders
misspending
misspends
misspense
misspent
misspoke
misspoken
missprision
missprisions
misstamp
misstamped
misstamping
misstamps
misstart (current term)
misstarted
misstarting
misstarts
misstate
misstated
misstatement
misstatements
misstates
misstating
misstay
misstayed
misstaying
misstays
missteer

Literary usage of Misstart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Electrical Engineer (1891)
"... Rr The motor therefore rapidly gains its normal speed, and there is never the slightest fear of a misstart. Here a spark is certainly observable at the ..."

2. Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii by Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1915)
"TRANSLATION My foot still shod for travel,— I made a misstart on my journey ; I've come to repair my neglect. A need, a request, brings me back, ..."

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