"misfasten" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + fasten",
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      "form": "misfastens",
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      "form": "misfastening",
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      "form": "misfastened",
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      "form": "misfastened",
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          "ref": "1862, Richard Sibbes, Alexander Balloch Grosart, The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, D.D., page 286",
          "text": "When confidence is not pitched aright in God, or when it is misapplied, and misfastened to the creature: when the soul sets up somewhat for a stay and prop unto it, which it should not do, this is a spiritual and subtle sin, and must be repented of, as here, 'Asshur shall not save us,' &c.",
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          "ref": "1990, F. Neubauer, Portfolio Management, page 39",
          "text": "To paraphrase Goethe, he who misfastens the first button will have trouble buttoning up his shirt.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, M. L. Buchman, When They Just Know",
          "text": "She supposed that she should feel lucky that the missile hadn't exploded when the arms tech had misfastened the mount on her Sikorsky MH-60 Blackhawk.",
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        "To fasten incorrectly."
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  "word": "misfasten"
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  "etymology_text": "mis- + fasten",
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    {
      "form": "misfastens",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "misfastening",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "misfastened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "misfastened",
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          "text": "When confidence is not pitched aright in God, or when it is misapplied, and misfastened to the creature: when the soul sets up somewhat for a stay and prop unto it, which it should not do, this is a spiritual and subtle sin, and must be repented of, as here, 'Asshur shall not save us,' &c.",
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