[1945–50; misalign + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, on-line, shootout, spin-off, synchronized swimming-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: integrated, limited, loaded, truncated, unsettled
Examples of 'misaligned' in a sentence
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Cue headlines on misaligned programmes under-delivering while their costs spiral.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The squares are misaligned with each other across different rows.
The Sun (2015)
It is also a 70-year-old jumble of bureaucracy and inefficiency and misaligned incentives.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
There is a wider problem of misaligned incentives in the banking sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Many couples are ill-matched, and expectations are misaligned.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Boards often fail to spot misaligned development processes and weak talent pipelines.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As often, perception and reality are misaligned.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These are couples who, somehow, have become misaligned, displaced by their compromises, 'living in the shade of one another'.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
The best intentions evaporate if incentives are misaligned and conflicts exist, in this case between shareholders and creditors.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I have wonky lips and a slightly misaligned jaw, but both were made symmetrical with clever contouring techniques.