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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
misplay

1889 in baseball context, from mis- (1) + play (n.). As a verb from 1824 (originally in music; 1842 in games). Related: Misplayed; misplaying.

Wiktionary
misplay

n. A wrong play. vb. To play incorrectly or poorly.

WordNet
misplay

  1. n. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed [syn: error]

  2. v. play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note

  3. play wrong or in an unskillful manner

Usage examples of "misplay".

Republicans like to blame the Clinton administration for misplaying the hand left to it by the first Bush administration.