misyield
/mɪsˈjiːld/
misyield verb: to yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
Verb
misyield (third-person singular simple present misyields, present participle misyielding, simple past misyielded or (obsolete) misyold, past participle misyielded or (obsolete) misyold or (obsolete) misyolden)
- To yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
- He sternly criticised 'pygmean statesmen' who climbed the dizziest heights of power, inevitably resulting in 'misery for the mass', and he deplored the 'misyielding past' looking to the day when injustices would be turned around.1990, Michael Pollak, Sense & censorship
- To appreciate how YTM can be “mis-yielding,” (misleading), take a look at Exhibit 8-5, which examines a bond purchased at par with 6 percent YTM under varying reinvestment or interest rate assumptions.2006, Ben Finkelstein, The Politics of Public Fund Investing
Noun
misyield (plural not attested)
- A bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product.
- On poorer medium soils mixed grain still gives a satisfactory yield where each single component, grown by itself, would often result in a misyield.1943, Königliche Preussische Landes-Oekonomie-Kollegium, Prussia (Germany). Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Domänen und Forsten, Germany. Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft...
- In the aforegoing examples the term "misyield" is employed to indicate that portion of the material treated which is not true sink or float material and is considered as a loss unless recycled.1959, H. Schranz, PROCESS OF REDUCING THE CONSISTENCY OF
Forms of misyield
| third-person singular present | misyields |
|---|---|
| present participle | misyielding |
| past | misyielded |
| past participle | misyielded |
| alternative form | mis-yield |
| past (obsolete) | misyold |
| past participle (obsolete) | misyold |
| past participle (obsolete) | misyolden |
Origin of misyield
From mis- + yield.
Questions about misyield
- What does misyield mean?
- Misyield means to yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
- What part of speech is misyield?
- Misyield can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce misyield?
- Misyield is pronounced /mɪsˈjiːld/.
- What is the past tense of misyield?
- The past tense of misyield is misyielded.
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