misput
English
Etymology
mis- + put
Verb
misput (third-person singular simple present misputs, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misput)
- (transitive, rare) To put badly or wrongly.
- 1911, The Journal of Philosophy (volume 8, page 586)
- It all springs from misputting the problem.
- 1911, The Journal of Philosophy (volume 8, page 586)
- (transitive, rare, US, dialect) To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
- 1995, Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains (page 134)
- But I don't like to misput nobody.
- 2020, Missy Priest, Child of the Wilderness
- "Would you mind if I came out and saw her for myself? I wouldn't be there to misput anyone, just to see her well," Dr. Quinton said.
- 1995, Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains (page 134)