mistightened

English

Verb

mistightened

1. simple past and past participle of mistighten

Adjective

mistightened (comparative more mistightened, superlative most mistightened)

1. Improperly tightened.
   • 2002, Verti-flite - Volumes 48-49, page 57:

     Castering nosewheel which readily locked with mistightened shimmy dampened collar.

   • 2005, Syne Mitchell, End in Fire, page 118:

     It would waste more oxygen they couldn't afford to spare. All because of a mistightened valve.

   • 2012, Jack Campbell, Burden of Proof:

     The authorities on Franklin didn't like having to retrieve drifting lines, but they really hated mistightened lines pulling a ship and the station back into uncontrolled contact.