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misslanted en · ADJ

Etymology

From mis- + slanted.

Meanings

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:
   • 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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