mishealed

mishealed (comparative more mishealed, superlative most mishealed)

1. Improperly healed.
   • 1953, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March, New York: Viking Press, OCLC 279587, page 66:

     As far as that goes, he was beaten all the time and wore a mishealed scar where his cheek had been caught between his teeth by a ring, but he went on springing and boxing , rushing out from the poolroom on a fresh challenge to spin around on his tango shoes and throw his tense, weightless punches.

   • 1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun, page 273:

     With a touch I drew the mishealed bone straight again.

mishealed

1. simple past tense and past participle of misheal

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