† mismakingn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. The action of making something badly (in quot.: spec. bad composition).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > poor
mismaking1532
1532 R. Copland in W. Walter tr. G. Boccaccio Guystarde & Sygysmonde Lenuoy sig. D.ij And where nede is to adde or elles detray Pardon of mysmakynge gladly thou hym pray.
2. Scottish. The action of destroying or spoiling something. Cf. mismake v. 1b.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]
end832
bale-sithea1000
wrakea1275
wonderc1275
destroyingc1300
destruction1340
contritionc1384
stroying1396
undoing1398
tininga1400
ruinc1425
fatec1430
fordoingc1450
perishing?1523
shipwreck1526
pernicion?1530
ruining1562
ruinating1587
defeasance1590
defeature1592
breakneck1598
ruination1599
defeat1600
doom1609
planet-striking1611
mismaking1615
rasurea1616
destructa1638
perition1640
interemption1656
smashing1821
degrowth1876
uncreation1884
creative destruction1927
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring
spillinga1122
impairment1340
marring1357
damaginga1400
defacingc1400
spoiling1479
violation?c1500
facingc1540
deface1556
defacement1561
infection1563
spoil1575
endamageance1594
damagement1603
mismaking1615
empoisonmenta1626
vitiation1635
vitiating1669
spoilage1815
savaging1858
spoliation1867
mucking about1969
1615 Inverurie Burgh Court f. 197 John Ronald fined for..missmacking and spoilling of the new sawn beddis and skailling of the seid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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