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mispace en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + pace.

Meanings

1. To do (something) at the wrong pace or speed.
   • This practice helps you fight fatigue as it sets in, while at the same time not encouraging mispacing the event. 2017, Jesse Kropelnicki, The Endurance Training Diet & Cookbook, page 41:
   • The mispacing of the 30-song set would have been a disaster if Denver didn't have such a rich catalog. 1981 August 22, Peter Krasilovsky, “Talent In Action: John Denver”, in Billboard, volume 93, number 33:
   • I probably mispaced the whole event; I was probably not in very good form. 2008, Sean O. Richardson, Mark B. Andersen, Tony Morris, Overtraining Athletes: Personal Journeys in Sport, page 64:
   • One must avoid iatrogenic reinforcement of trauma by mispacing and subsequent emotional flooding of the patient or through conscious or unconscious discouragement of patient disclosure (Courtois, 1992). 1994, H. L. Schwartz, “From dissociation to negotiation: A relational psychoanalytic perspective on multiple personality disorder”, in Psychoanalytic Psychology, volume 11, number 2:
   • Tatum: Instruction can either be mispaced or misplaced. Pacing really matters. 2018 March, Tonya Perry, “Using texts to nurture reading, writing, and intellectual development: A conversation with Alfred Tatum”, in Voices from the Middle, volume 25, number 3, page 14:
2. To pace or step incorrectly.
   • Had I mispronounced one of the correct words, mispaced one of the steps, forgotten one of the essential herbs? 1999, Mary Brown, The Unlikely Ones, page 422:
   • Rosamunde's paces felt mis-paced until Becca realized that the steps were solid—but the sounds were odd. 2008, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Duainfey:

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