mismoven.
/ˈmɪsˌmuːv/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌmuv/ Originally U.S.
A wrong, unwise, or faulty move.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > a bungle
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bumble1823
boggle1834
muff1867
car wreck1877
mismove1877
miscue1882
muddle1884
bobble1887
mess-up1902
floater1913
bollock1919
fluff1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
snafu1943
foul-up1944
fuck-up1949
clusterfuck1969
car crash1992
dumpster fire2008
omnishambles2009
1877 T. B. Aldrich Queen of Sheba (1885) viii. 158 He had been guilty of a mismove in attempting to take her at a disadvantage.
1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 166 It is a distress to look on and note the mismoves, they are so strange and so awkward.
1981 Newsweek 14 Dec. 72 If you make one mis-move, I'm going to throw your ass inside the stockade so hard you'll never get out.
1997 Sunday Mirror (Electronic ed.) 9 Feb. A few chips over the top against a flat Irish back line..a few dummies and mismoves in midfield—anything but the senseless crash-ball tactics up the middle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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