misground

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ ground.

Verb

misground (third-person singular simple present misgrounds, present participle misgrounding, simple past and past participle misgrounded)

1. To found erroneously; to base on invalid grounds.
   • 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation:

     a misgrounded conceit of greater holiness

2. simple past and past participle of misgrind

Derived terms

• misgrounded

Adjective

misground (comparative more misground, superlative most misground)

1. Having been ground improperly.
   • 1990, National Journal - Volume 22, Pages 1637-2042, page 1777:

     The storm broke on June 27, when the space agency disclosed that its multi-billion-dollar Hubble Space telescope, launched amid much hoopla in April, can't see straight thanks to a misground mirror.

   • 1994, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1078:

     According to Riordan the matter was subsequently resolved by returning the misground or unground products back to the grinders.

   • 2007, Bora Zivkovic, The Open Laboratory: Best Science Writing on Blogs 2006, page 304:

     It is like claiming that the misground Hubble mirror with its correcting lenses is the “best possible design” because it gives clear pictures.