misput

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ put.

Verb

misput (third-person singular simple present misputs, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misput)

1. (transitive, rare) To put badly or wrongly.
   • 1911, The Journal of Philosophy, volume 8, page 586:

     It all springs from misputting the problem.

2. (transitive, rare, US, dialect) To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
   • 1995, Janice Holt Giles, The Land Beyond the Mountains, page 134:

     But I don't like to misput nobody.

   • 2020, Missy Priest, Child of the Wilderness:

     "Would you mind if I came out and saw her for myself? I wouldn't be there to misput anyone, just to see her well," Dr. Quinton said.