misalignment

English

Etymology

    From mis- + alignment.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -aɪnmənt

    Noun

    misalignment (countable and uncountable, plural misalignments)

    1. The state, or an instance, of being misaligned.
      Synonym: disalignment
      • 2026 August 8, Thomas Hale, “Lunch with the FT: Cao Fei”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
        The film [Whose Utopia?] is not just about factories, it's about “the misalignment between the ideals and reality of many ordinary people”.

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