misflung

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ flung.

Adjective

misflung (not comparable)

  1. Having been flung in error or ineptly.
    • 2006, Pamela Aidan, An Assembly Such as This, page 159:
      Slings and arrows, Bingley, slings and arrows quite misflung.
    • 2008 December, Bryan Adamson, Lisa Brodoff, Marilyn Berger, Anne Enquist, Paula Lustbader, John B. Mitchell, “Can the Professor Come out and Play-Scholarship, Teaching, and Theories of Play”, in Journal for Legal Education, volume 58, number 4:
      No assessment, evaluation, or reified label on their misflung ball.
    • 2015, M Ramesh, Silence of the Cicadas:
      Like being summoned by the Headmaster for a mis-flung flint.
    • 2017, Burt Solomon, The Murder of Willie Lincoln, page 64:
      That a rock had dropped from the sky, barely missing the boys, an act of God or a misflung projectile or an attempt on their lives or merely a pale tutor's flight of fancy.