misvent
Verb
To vent improperly.
- Examples
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In the event of misventing the transfer cask, a worker near the cask could receive a dose by inhaling contaminated atmosphere.
More examples (1)
From behind Whitehead's bulk, a white plume of misvented woodsmoke escaped out the door, and Lee remembered the stench of the cabin, or smelled it again, as it made its way across the cold to him.
They misvented the thing, or failed to vent it properly.
Word forms
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