misslanted

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ slanted.

Adjective

misslanted (comparative more misslanted, superlative most misslanted)

1. Improperly slanted (any sense).
   • 1902 November, “With The Editor”, in Youth: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, volume 2, number 1, page 40:

     Its wavering lines and misslanted letters, its blots and omissions, no less than its successes, were there to warn and guide your future efforts.

   • 1965, Lewis Herman, Educational Films: Writing, Directing, and Producing for Classroom, Television, and Industry, page 290:

     […] amateurishly acted, and ideologically misslanted.

   • 2019, Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, Saskia Hamilton, The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979:

     He can't have read the plays. So many quotes misslanted and out of context and character.

Anagrams

• dismantles