Meanings
adjectivemisflung (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving been flung in error or ineptly.
Like being summoned by the Headmaster for a mis-flung flint.
2015, M Ramesh, Silence of the Cicadas3 more examples
Slings and arrows, Bingley, slings and arrows quite misflung.
2006, Pamela Aidan, An Assembly Such as This, page 159No assessment, evaluation, or reified label on their misflung ball.
2008 December, Bryan Adamson, Lisa Brodoff, Marilyn Berger, Anne Enquist, Paula Lustbader, John B. Mitchell, “Can the Professor Come out and Play-Scholarship, Teaching, and Theories of Play”, in Journal for Legal Education, volume 58, number 4That a rock had dropped from the sky, barely missing the boys, an act of God or a misflung projectile or an attempt on their lives or merely a pale tutor's flight of fancy.
2017, Burt Solomon, The Murder of Willie Lincoln, page 64
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