misrunning

Verb

misrun (third-person singular simple present misruns, present participle misrunning, simple past misran, past participle misrun)

1. To run incompetently; mismanage.
   • The men who are misrunning the Peace show are the same political muddlers who misran the war show.1920, Cosmo Hamilton, The Blue Room, page 239
2. To result in a misrun.
   • One set of bars misran, while others showed a coarsely crystalline structure, which is more often due to too hot pouring than to any other .1913, Transactions of the American Institute of Metals - Volume 6
3. To run badly or off-course.
   • In the frustrate strife Of the vanquisht life, On the course misrun To the goal unwon By the faith, self-cheated Of the deed defeated, To claim our home.1868, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton, Chronicles and Characters - Volume 1, page 90

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