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MISALIGN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misalign ... he / she / it misaligns
Past simple: misaligned
Past participle: misaligned
-ing form: misaligning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Align imperfectly or badly
Example:
the elements of the turbine were misaligned
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "misalign" is one way to...):
align; coordinate; ordinate (bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misalignment (the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned)
