mispace

Verb

mispace (third-person singular simple present mispaces, present participle mispacing, simple past and past participle mispaced)

1. To do (something) at the wrong pace or speed.
   • The mispacing of the 30-song set would have been a disaster if Denver didn't have such a rich catalog.1981 August 22, Peter Krasilovsky, “Talent In Action: John Denver”, in Billboard, volume 93, number 33
   • One must avoid iatrogenic reinforcement of trauma by mispacing and subsequent emotional flooding of the patient or through conscious or unconscious discouragement of patient disclosure (Courtois, 1992).1994, H. L. Schwartz, “From dissociation to negotiation: A relational psychoanalytic perspective on multiple personality disorder”, in Psychoanalytic Psychology, volume 11, number 2
2. To pace or step incorrectly.
   • Had I mispronounced one of the correct words, mispaced one of the steps, forgotten one of the essential herbs?1999, Mary Brown, The Unlikely Ones, page 422
   • Rosamunde's paces felt mis-paced until Becca realized that the steps were solid—but the sounds were odd.2008, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Duainfey