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English
Etymology
From mis- + wash.
Verb
miswash (third-person singular simple present miswashes, present participle miswashing, simple past and past participle miswashed)
- To wash badly.
1969, Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, The Journals of Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, 1879-1922, page 42:Two volumes of Elia have been spoilt by the man to whom they were entrusted, by miswashing sheets sent to him to clean.
2017, Terence Kuch, Exit 4, page 7:Angie wheeled back through the lobby to the large front windows, grimy with years of miswashing and, the last few years, no washing at all.
2017, Anthony C Murphy, “Music and Laughter”, in Scoppetry:The tinkling music of dishes miswashed