mispicking

Verb

mispick (third-person singular simple present mispicks, present participle mispicking, simple past and past participle mispicked)

1. (transitive) To pick incorrectly (any sense).
   • "This is a song for a friend of mine, same one I mentioned before as a matter of fact. You might know him," a note jangles, seemingly mispicked, but it comes again and again, until all ears are hearing it more than the surrounding chord.2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People: A Novel, page 295

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