1. Play wrong or in an unskillful manner
   "The shortstop misplayed the ground ball, allowing the runner to score"
    
2. Play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note
   "The pianist misplayed the difficult passage in the third movement"

1. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
   "The shortstop's misplay allowed the runner to reach base safely";
   - error

Derived forms: misplayed, misplays, misplaying

Type of: failure, play, spiel