Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Incorrectly aligned.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Aligned improperly; not correctly aligned.

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  • adjective Out of alignment.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of misalign.

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Examples

  • One of my ribs got misaligned from the 4th round on Tuesday.

    Vegas: What I can remember Tyler 2009

  • Most sporting goods store folks have never heard of those tools either and will slap your new scope on your rifle and crank 'er down in misaligned rings and call it good.

    A Savage Attack on Scopes 2008

  • - Force the administration to officially red flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."

    CNN.com 2011

  • - Force the administration to officially red-flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."

    CNN.com 2011

  • - Force the administration to officially red-flag nations whose currencies are undervalued for long periods with the term "fundamentally misaligned currency."

    CNN.com 2011

  • It's the bad camera angle that make it look misaligned, which is what I mean by needing cameras that look directly from home plate to those foupl poles.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • One told Dow Jones Newswires that the yen's levels against the dollar weren't "misaligned" yet.

    Tokyo's Reticence on Yen Tied to U.S. Concerns Takashi Nakamichi 2010

  • These little "misaligned" slips can sneak in when you're fiddling with text.

    Real Life Diagnostics: Show vs. Tell, Part Two Janice Hardy 2010

  • It's already known that pacifier use or thumb-sucking beyond age 2 can alter the shape of a child's mouth, leading to dental problems such as misaligned teeth, overbite and malformed dental arches.

    Used too long, pacifiers may harm speech Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010

  • IlluxCon2 commission : "misaligned" or "Hey -it's a dress with faces on it!"

    Archive 2009-06-21 Scott Altmann 2009

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