Misplot

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of misplotting. countable, uncountable

    "A misplot of ship position is the most frequently made plotting error ."

  2. 2
    A plot error; an inconsistency or mistake in creating a storyline. countable, rare, uncountable

    "Some, who read this, may not know what the crowning misplot was, and it will bear mentioning."

Verb
  1. 1
    To incorrectly mark the position of.

    "I believe that M. H. Abrams, Harold Bloom, and Geoffrey Hartman, for example, all miss or misplot Wordsworth's position on the crucial intellectual axes represented by Burke and Rousseau."

  2. 2
    To make an error in planning a trajectory or route.

    "Mr. O'Hara, athlete that he was, misplotted his course and plunged into the well."

  3. 3
    To make a mistake in forming a course of action or storyline.

    "And now and then we find a great idea, misplotted and half told."

Example

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"I believe that M. H. Abrams, Harold Bloom, and Geoffrey Hartman, for example, all miss or misplot Wordsworth's position on the crucial intellectual axes represented by Burke and Rousseau."

Etymology

From mis- + plot.

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