misalignment

noun

mis·​align·​ment ˌmis-ə-ˈlīn-mənt 

plural misalignments

: the condition of being out of correct position or improperly adjusted : bad or incorrect alignment

Over time, because of damage and wear, typewriters develop faults and misalignments that render their typescript unique.

—Laney Salisbury et al.

… overuse injuries are all too often the consequence of poor technique or misalignment of body parts.

—Jane E. Brody

Examples of misalignment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pozzilli’s next paper will focus on the misalignment of her eyes to add even more clues to this mysterious Renaissance death. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 June 2026

That gap is where signal blindness, misalignment, bottlenecks, execution delays and weak learning loops quietly convert external change into our fragilities. —Christopher Washington, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Even outside of the challenges tied to the Iran conflict, the tendency toward offshoring is creating other negatives for the industry including overproduction, demand misalignment and markdowns. —Sj Studio, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

The idea that there can be any kind of misalignment between them, though, disturbs her. —Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 24 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for misalignment

• nonalignment
• realignment
• reassignment
• reconsignment
• alignment
• alinement
• assignment
• confinement
• consignment
• refinement