misslanted

adj

misslanted

adj

Etymology From mis- + slanted.

1

Improperly slanted (any sense).

  • Its wavering lines and misslanted letters, its blots and omissions, no less than its successes, were there to warn and guide your future efforts.1902 November, “With The Editor”, in Youth: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 2, number 1, page 40:
  • […] amateurishly acted, and ideologically misslanted.1965, Lewis Herman, Educational Films: Writing, Directing, and Producing for Classroom, Television, and Industry, page 290:
1 more example
  • He can't have read the plays. So many quotes misslanted and out of context and character.2019, Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, Saskia Hamilton, The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979:

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