misorientate
/(ˌ)mɪsˈɔːrɪənteɪt/ /(ˌ)mɪsˈɔːrɪɛnteɪt/verb
[with object] To orientate badly or wrongly; to impart an erroneous or different orientation to.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Scientific Monthly. From mis- + orientate, after misorientation. Compare misorient.
- clinginess
- clinging
- cling peach
- clingstone
- clingy
- clinic
- clinical
- clinical death
- clinical ecology
- clinically
- clinical pharmacology
- clinical psychologist
- clinical psychology
- clinical thermometer
- clinician
- clink
- clinker
- clinker brick
- clinker-built
- clino-
- clinometer
- clinopyroxene
- clinquant
- clint
- Clinton, Bill