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misalignment

American  
[mis-uh-lahyn-muhnt] / ˌmɪs əˈlaɪn mənt /

noun

  1. the act or result of misaligning.


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Both sides present it as a serious clash of principles, but it’s a distraction from the real problem of AI misalignment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

To model beam misalignment more realistically, they applied Rayleigh and Hoyt distributions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

"I want to be playing a different way. The misalignment with how I'm playing right now and how I want to be playing is something I want to work on," Raducanu said.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

"And I think the misalignment with how I'm playing right now and how I want to be playing is something that I just want to work on."

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

They helped to distract outsiders from the truly profane event: the growing misalignment of interests between the people who trafficked in financial risk and the wider culture.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis