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a failure to correctly catch, stop, or pick up the ball in a game such as cricket or rugby (= a game played with an oval ball): A terrible misfield led to four runs. There were also mis-fields and a series of no-balls. Fewer examples. A misfield and one missed catch were the only lapses in their fielding.
noun [ C ] (also mis-field) us / ˈmɪsˌfiːld / uk / ˈmɪs.fiːld / a failure to correctly catch, stop, or pick up the ball in a game such as cricket or rugby (= a game played with an oval ball): A terrible misfield led to four runs. There were also mis-fields and a series of no-balls. More examples.
misfield. ( ˌmɪsˈfiːld) sport. vb ( tr) to fail to field properly or adequately. n. a failure to field properly or adequately. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. Want to thank TFD for its existence?
The meaning of MISFIELD is to field (a ball) badly. How to use misfield in a sentence.
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