mishold

Verb

mishold (third-person singular simple present misholds, present participle misholding, simple past misheld, past participle misheld or (archaic) misholden)

1. (transitive) To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect.
   • Kedang while attempting to catch hold of the safe, happened to mishold and fell in the lake where she was drowned; Saika's right hand was also in the safe, but it became stuck in its lid that she could no longer pull it out again.1971, Hamlet Bareh, Khasi fables and folk-tales
   • He says that wealth, along with sex and power, is the most sought after and misheld and misused by those who possess it.2006, Macherla Diwakar, A little of it

Noun

IPA/ˈmɪshoʊld/

mishold (uncountable)

1. A wrong, bad, or faulty hold.
   • There was no indecision, no mishold, no stone dislodged, and he possessed such marvellous breathing power, that on reaching a fair foothold he promptly turned and began to haul at the rope without pause or hesitation.1896, Joseph Sanger Davies, Dolomite strongholds
   • A misstep, mishold, a hundredth of an instant's lack of balance.1930, Virginia Tracy, The moment after - Page 231