misopen
verbEtymology From mis- + open.
1
To open what one should not open.
- But this argument hadn't really been about trust, or homework, or misopened mail, and we both knew it.1978, Norma Johnston, If You Love Me, Let Me Go, page 18:
- The fresh air hit him, and for a moment he could almost put a name on the stink that came out of the misopened gate.2014, R. A. MacAvoy, The Book of Kells:
1 more example
- "Shen Yong, did you misopen the car?" Jiang Jing asked in confusion.2019, Xie Yingning, Light Warmth: Right Time, Our Time:
2
To do a bad job of opening.
- Tensely, Michael removed pieces of cork from a misopened bottle.1986, Janet Hobhouse, November, page 59: