misground

present singular third person misgrounds · participle present misgrounding · participle past misgrounded · past misgrounded

1. To found erroneously; to base on invalid grounds.

   a misgrounded conceit of greater holiness

   1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation

2. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misgrind

comparative more misground · superlative most misground

1. Having been ground improperly.

   According to Riordan the matter was subsequently resolved by returning the misground or unground products back to the grinders.

   1994, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1078

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   The storm broke on June 27, when the space agency disclosed that its multi-billion-dollar Hubble Space telescope, launched amid much hoopla in April, can't see straight thanks to a misground mirror.

   1990, National Journal - Volume 22, Pages 1637-2042, page 1777

   It is like claiming that the misground Hubble mirror with its correcting lenses is the “best possible design” because it gives clear pictures.

   2007, Bora Zivkovic, The Open Laboratory: Best Science Writing on Blogs 2006, page 304