verb
- to bind incorrectly or improperly
Usage: technical; bookbinding
Examples
- The printer will misbind the pages if the signatures are not properly aligned.
- Due to a machine error, the factory managed to misbind an entire run of textbooks.
- If you misbind the documents, they will fall apart when opened.
- The apprentice learned not to misbind books by rushing through the process.
- A misbound book often has pages in the wrong order or upside down.