misalign
verb
mis·align
ˌmis-ə-ˈlīn 
misaligned; misaligning
: to align badly or incorrectly
… the rear coach loosened an axle crossing a rough switch frog, misaligning the wheels so that they came off the track and bumped along the ties …—
Terry Pindell
Terry PindellEven minor movement can cause the cords in the wireless charger to misalign and the charging to stop.—Rishabh Jain
Rishabh Jain
misaligned
adjective
… the lack of stereopsis results from conflicting input reaching the brain from the two misaligned eyes …
—Susan R. Barry
Susan R. Barry
Worn wheels, defective axles, … and misaligned rails, as well as human error, also cause derailments.
—Ralph Vartabedian
Ralph Vartabedian
Examples of misalign in a Sentence
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What banks want and what’s available are often misaligned.
—Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Mass cuts gave way to more surgical trims, with companies saying sayonara to low-priority initiatives or those misaligned with fresh strategic visions.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 13 May 2025
A number of trends on TikTok, coined by Gen Z, such as rage applying, shift shock and career catfishing serve as cautionary evidence of what happens when expectations and reality misalign.
—Rebecca Skilbeck, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
So career mobility becomes reactive, disconnected from current momentum and misaligned with aspiration.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Mass cuts gave way to more surgical trims, with companies saying sayonara to low-priority initiatives or those misaligned with fresh strategic visions.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 13 May 2025
A number of trends on TikTok, coined by Gen Z, such as rage applying, shift shock and career catfishing serve as cautionary evidence of what happens when expectations and reality misalign.
—Rebecca Skilbeck, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
So career mobility becomes reactive, disconnected from current momentum and misaligned with aspiration.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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“Misalign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misalign. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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