missway

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ sway

Verb

missway (third-person singular simple present missways, present participle misswaying, simple past and past participle misswayed)

1. To sway or influence to an unfortunate result.
   • 1603, John Davies, Microcosmos, page 60:

     Through misswaying, it seemed to decline.

   • 1844, Thomas Jackson, The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D., page 509:

     The swiftness of motion or violent passions will missway our inclinations or propensions, though in themselves moderate, as far as the settled weight of an habituate inclination or custom.

   • 1956, American Practitioner and Digest of Treatment - Volume 7, page 1044:

     In particular, warning is given against the tendency, especially on the part of the uninformed (sometimes misinformed or misswayed ) public which in the end not only profits by but supports research, to emphasize, to expect, to reward disproportionately, the applications of undramatic, unspectacular, "endless" basic research.