Sekirov Dictionary

mismaneuver

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A maneuver that does not go as intended.
- The second is the probability of a mismaneuver in the face of an impending accident. — 1989
•
The act of mismaneuvering.
- The frequency of a ship collision with a fixed object or a ship depends on the hypothetical frequency of ship collision with fixed autopilots and the probability of mismaneuver. — 1982

verb1

•
To maneuver in a way that has an unfortunate result.
- Mr. Frank prematurely ended his sad and spotty career in a Rocky Mountain ravine, smashed inside the stolen car he'd drunkenly mismaneuvered around a cliff curve. — 1971

forms

mismaneuvered · mismaneuvering · mismaneuvers

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