Meanings
adjectivemisaligned (not comparable)
- not comparableOut of alignment.
Describing the behaviour as “misaligned model activity” was using “a very euphemistic term”, he said.
2026 September 24, Emma Elsworthy, Stephanie Convery, quoting Ed Santo, “Australia launches investigation after OpenAI agent hacked healthcare database”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
Then there is the concern (which I don’t know how to seriously to take) that an A.I. actor, like any A.I., can become “misaligned.”
2026 May 31, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, “Tilly Norwood, A.I. Actress, Wants to Know Why Everyone’s Mad at Her”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of misalign
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Bulgarian неподреден
- неподреден (nepodreden)out of alignment
Czech špatně zarovnaný, vychýlený
- špatně zarovnanýout of alignment
- vychýlenýout of alignment
Esperanto misparalela, malparalela
- misparalelaout of alignment
- malparalelaout of alignment
Māori kōrapa
- kōrapaout of alignment
Portuguese desalinhado
- desalinhadoout of alignment
Spanish desalineado
- desalineadoout of alignment
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with misaligned
finddesignedmindkindbehinddefinedwindsignedcombinedassignedblindbindlineddeclinedremindmankindalignedinclinedgrindresignedrewindhindunwindmined
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APA
misaligned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaligned
MLA
“misaligned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaligned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misaligned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaligned.
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