misfield

English

WOTD – 29 March 2024

Etymology

The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) +‎ field (verb).[1][2] The noun is derived from the verb.[3][4]

Pronunciation

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.

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Noun

misfield (plural misfields)

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

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References

  1. ^ “misfield, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. ^ “misfield, v.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ “misfield, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  4. ^ “misfield, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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