Usually means: Incorrect action leading to disadvantage.
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  1. misplay: Merriam-Webster
  2. misplay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misplay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. misplay: Collins English Dictionary
  5. misplay: Vocabulary.com
  6. misplay: Wordnik
  7. misplay: Wiktionary
  8. misplay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. misplay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. misplay: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. misplay: Dictionary.com
  12. misplay: Rhymezone
  13. misplay: FreeDictionary.org
  14. misplay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. misplay: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. misplay: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misplay)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To play incorrectly or poorly.
▸ noun:  A wrong play.

Similar:
error, misprovide, mess up, misput, misperform, misoperate, mispresent, misplan, mismake, mismove, more...

Opposite:
play correctly, play accurately, play skillfully

Types:
error, muff, boot, blunder, more...



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Similar:
error, misprovide, mess up, misput, misperform, misoperate, mispresent, misplan, mismake, mismove, more...

Opposite:
play correctly, play accurately, play skillfully

Types:
error, muff, boot, blunder, more...



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