misground

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ ground.

Verb

misground (third-person singular simple present misgrounds, present participle misgrounding, simple past and past participle misgrounded)

To found erroneously; to base on invalid grounds.
- 1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation:
  a misgrounded conceit of greater holiness
simple past and past participle of misgrind

Derived terms

misgrounded

Adjective

misground (comparative more misground, superlative most misground)

Having been ground improperly.
- 1990, National Journal - Volume 22, Pages 1637-2042, page 1777:
  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.
- 1994, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1078:
  According to Riordan the matter was subsequently resolved by returning the misground or unground products back to the grinders.
- 2007, Bora Zivkovic, The Open Laboratory: Best Science Writing on Blogs 2006, page 304:
  It is like claiming that the misground Hubble mirror with its correcting lenses is the “best possible design” because it gives clear pictures.