mispositions

Puts things wrongly

Mispositions means places incorrectly or in the wrong location.

The term appears most often in technical contexts—a surgeon who mispositions an implant, a worker who mispositions inventory on a shelf.

The technician mispositioned the sensor, causing faulty readings.

Less commonly, misposition functions as a noun for an instance of incorrect placement.

placement

displacement

Removal from usual location

dislocationForced out of position
misalignmentImproper positioning relative to reference
mislocationIncorrect position assignment

misplacement · offset · shift · deviation · skew · drift · slippage · inversion · reversal · swap

error

mistake

Wrong action or decision

faultImperfection or blame
oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
blunderFoolish, costly mistake

slip · inaccuracy · miscalculation · misstep · flaw · defect · bug · glitch · malfunction · anomaly

calibration

misalignment

Improper positioning relative to reference

maladjustmentFailure to adapt properly
miscalibrationIncorrect precision setting
offsetCompensate by opposing force

skew · deviation · imbalance · asymmetry · tilt · cant · warp · distortion · decentering · parallax

Opposites

correctness of placement

mispositionsaligns

Arranges into proper position

positions · calibrates · adjusts · realigns · repositions

alignment status

mispositionsproper alignment

Family

mispositioned, mispositioning

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G