mishold

present singular third person misholds · participle present misholding · past misheld · participle past misheld · archaic participle past misholden

1. transitiveTo hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect.

   This would help lower my anxiety and make certain that I would not mishold, or God forbid, drop the precious package.

   2011, Neal L. Veldenax, Baby Boomer Female Names

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   Kedang while attempting to catch hold of the safe, happened to mishold and fell in the lake where she was drowned; Saika's right hand was also in the safe, but it became stuck in its lid that she could no longer pull it out again.

   1971, Hamlet Bareh, Khasi fables and folk-tales

   He says that wealth, along with sex and power, is the most sought after and misheld and misused by those who possess it.

   2006, Macherla Diwakar, A little of it

1. uncountableA wrong, bad, or faulty hold.

   A misstep, mishold, a hundredth of an instant's lack of balance.

   1930, Virginia Tracy, The moment after - Page 231

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   There was no indecision, no mishold, no stone dislodged, and he possessed such marvellous breathing power, that on reaching a fair foothold he promptly turned and began to haul at the rope without pause or hesitation.

   1896, Joseph Sanger Davies, Dolomite strongholds