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misdeal
[ mis-deel ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to deal wrongly or incorrectly, especially to deal the wrong number at cards.
misdeal
/ ˌmɪsˈdiːl /
verb
- intr to deal out cards incorrectly
noun
- a faulty deal
Derived Forms
- ˌmisˈdealer, noun
Other Words From
- mis·dealer noun
Example Sentences
In recent months, Spears has used her Instagram platform to speak openly about her conservatorship and to air her family’s dirty laundry, alleging a slew of supposed misdealing and ill behavior against her.
I misdealt, as was only natural, when I knew she was lying in wait for me to do wrong; and she denounced me for a stupid, clumsy labouring-boy.
The parade, which is in its 60th year, has been dogged by accusations of financial misdealing and mismanagement, investigations and at least two interventions by state authorities.
In one hand, he misdealt, and his immediate reaction was to hold out his hand for a disciplinary tap.
Having been caught on a a wiretap by a third co-conspirator, Kenneth Robinson, the men were doomed by their own confessions of misdealing.
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