mismaneuvers

Verb

mismaneuver (third-person singular simple present mismaneuvers, present participle mismaneuvering, simple past and past participle mismaneuvered)

1. To maneuver in a way that has an unfortunate result.
   • Maude Purvis was the granddaughter of an American Southern gentleman, Robert Louis Earle Purvis, who somehow mismaneuvered himself into association with the Yankees during the Civil War and quickly thereafter remaneuvered himself to distant Batavia where he found a happy and prosperous haven .1956, American Universities Field Staff, Fieldstaff Reports: Southeast Asia series - Volumes 4-6, page 6

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