Definition of Mispointed

1. Verb. (past of mispoint) ¹

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Definition of Mispointed

1. mispoint [v] - See also: mispoint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mispointed

misplant
misplanted
misplanting
misplants
misplay
misplayed
misplaying
misplays
misplead
mispleaded
mispleading
mispleadings
mispleads
mispled
mispoint
mispointed (current term)
mispointing
mispoints
mispoise
mispoised
mispoises
mispoising
mispolicies
mispolicy
misportray
misportrayed
misportraying
misportrays
misposition
mispositioned

Literary usage of Mispointed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biblical Criticism on the First Fourteen Historical Books of the Old by Samuel Horsley (1820)
"And if these passages are thus rightly rendered, the word in both texts is mispointed by the Masoretes. In the text of Job, it is at any rate ..."

2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk by John Merlin Powis Smith, William Hayes Ward, Julius August Bewer (1911)
"... shall bear witness for time to come, and proclaim to the end; as i;1. and njv are thus connected in Ps. 27" Pr. 6" 12"" 19*- *, although mispointed ..."

3. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"Had "this fellow ' stood "upon points," his carefully mispointed speech would have read nearly as follows:— " If we offend, it is with our good will That ..."

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