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单词 misaim
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misaimv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈeɪm/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈeɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, aim v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + aim v. Compare earlier misaimed adj., misaiming adj.
transitive. To aim badly or amiss.
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the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > aim > aim amiss
misaim1813
1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. 186 Some tale..of shaft mis-aimed.
1960 G. Kinnell What Kingdom it Was 72 Sky-flowers, dirt-flowers, underdirt-flowers..equally uprooted, Maimed, lopped, shucked, and misaimed.
1993 Callaloo 16 901 It might be objected that I am taking what is peculiar to the present state of the universities to be typical of what they are or have always been. Such an objection would be mis-aimed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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