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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
misplay .
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Examples
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It was a wild game filled with errors, misplays, clutch home runs, and emptying bullpens even before the real madness began in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Fireworks Finish, but No Champion Yet Matthew Futterman 2011
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Seven errors in three games, and perhaps a half-dozen other misplays that weren't charged as errors.
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He was hurt by a few shoddy defensive plays that were ruled hits, including a chopper that ate up Ryan Zimmerman and a couple misplays by Nyjer Morgan in center.
Michael Morse stays hot, Livan Hernandez labors, Ross Detwiler relieves 2011
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The misplays continued for the Suns as O'Neal even missed a dunk in the early stages of the second half.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Ultimately, its season turned on two, huge misplays.
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But what if the Post misplays its hand and the prospective suitors grow disenchanted -- and ultimately walk away in disgust, leaving the Post Co. saddled with an undesirable property?
Washington Post Co. Rejects Avenue Capital Group's Bid For Newsweek, Cites Ties To National Inquirer 2010
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The Blackhawks 'Kris Versteeg scored a pair of fluke goals on misplays by Boucher.
USATODAY.com 2008
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He says the entire process has been “tainted” by political misplays and that 75 percent of his constituents are opposed.
What the in-play Dems are saying About ObamaCare | RedState 2010
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There was no suggestion that his misplays would have any historical traction.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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His misplays had followed some early lapses when he had missed cutoff men and thrown to the wrong base.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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