misfield

English

WOTD – 29 March 2024

Etymology

The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) +‎ field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈfiːld/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsˈfild/
  • Rhymes: -iːld
• Noun:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsfiːld/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsˌfild/

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• Hyphenation: mis‧field

Verb

misfield (third-person singular simple present misfields, present participle misfielding, simple past and past participle misfielded) (baseball, cricket, rugby)

1. (transitive) To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run.

   Hypernym: misplay

   Hyponyms: miscatch, misthrow

   Coordinate term: mishit

2. (intransitive) To field a ball clumsily or ineptly.

Derived terms

• misfielded (adjective)
• misfielding (noun)

Translations

(transitive) to field (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; (intransitive) to field a ball clumsily or ineptly

• Finnish: pelata pallo huonosti
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

misfield (plural misfields)

1. (baseball, cricket, rugby) A failure to field (“catch or intercept and play”) a ball properly.

Translations

failure to field a ball properly

• Finnish: pallon pelaaminen huonosti
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• fielding (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fielding (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Fidelism, misfiled