Misplay
/mɪsˈpleɪ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wrong play.
"His misplay in the bridge tournament was penalized when it was noted he'd broken the rules."
- 2 (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed wordnet
Verb
- 1 To play incorrectly or poorly. transitive
"I misplayed that tennis shot: I should have hit it to her right instead of her left."
- 2 play wrong or in an unskillful manner wordnet
- 3 play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note wordnet
Example
More examples"I misplayed that tennis shot: I should have hit it to her right instead of her left."
Etymology
From mis- + play.