misbinding
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈbaɪndɪŋ/
- Specialized
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error de encuadernación
- The publisher had to recall the books because of a misbinding that mixed up several chapters.
Examples
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After discovering the misbinding, the company offered replacements to all affected customers.
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A simple misbinding can ruin the appearance and usability of a finished book.
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The misbinding ruined the book.
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She found a misbinding in her book.
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The publisher had to recall the books because of a misbinding that mixed up several chapters.
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A simple misbinding can ruin the appearance and usability of a finished book.
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After discovering the misbinding, the company offered replacements to all affected customers.
How Faulty
Surface Forms
Morphology
misbinding = binding (transparent) = mis + bind + ing
A straightforward prefixation of 'binding' by 'mis-' to indicate the act or result of binding done incorrectly in production.
Etymology
Misbinding comes from mis- 'wrong' and bind 'to tie' or 'attach'. Imagine the pages of a book tied in the wrong order: a misbinding is when pages or chapters are bound together incorrectly and this ruins the book.