Misgesture

//mɪsˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "misgesture"

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This flesh of ours is not a good feruant, vnlesse it helpe vs in the best offices: The God of Spirits doth most respect the soule of our deuotion; yet, it is both vnmannerly and irreligious, to be misgestured in our Prayers.

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He emphasizes as evidence the fact that people sometimes misspeak with a correct gesture, but very rarely misgesture with correct speech.

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Anyone who misspeaks or misgestures, while trying to maintain a reasonably fast pace, is out of this portion of the exercise.

Source: wiktionary

Touch here? Stroke there? Stop here? Do it again? The impressive fragility of the device only reinforces this sense — to do it wrong by dropping or misgesturing might lead to unknown consequences.

Source: wiktionary

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