Misyield
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product. no-plural
"On poorer medium soils mixed grain still gives a satisfactory yield where each single component, grown by itself, would often result in a misyield."
- 1 To yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
"He sternly criticised 'pygmean statesmen' who climbed the dizziest heights of power, inevitably resulting in 'misery for the mass', and he deplored the 'misyielding past' looking to the day when injustices would be turned around."
Example
More examples"He sternly criticised 'pygmean statesmen' who climbed the dizziest heights of power, inevitably resulting in 'misery for the mass', and he deplored the 'misyielding past' looking to the day when injustices would be turned around."
Etymology
From mis- + yield.
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