Definition of misset
misset
or mis-set;
missetting
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\ˌmis-ˈse-tiŋ\
or mis-setting
1
: to set (something) wrongly
- … whose low moment of the games came when she fell on the vault, then later learned the apparatus had been misset by two inches.
- —Todd Jacobson
- … the landing gear problem in Boston had been caused by a … mechanic who was told by an F.A.A. inspector to examine the gear, and in doing so had mis-set a switch …
- —Matthew L. Wald
2
Scottish, old-fashioned
: to put out of sorts : displease
- "I did not say frighted, now—I only said mis-set wi' the thing …"
- —Walter Scott
