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  • noun Plural form of mishit.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishit.

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Examples

  • Although plans in the spring game also called for the defense not to tackle as aggressively in the second half, too many mishits in the first half prompted Sherman and DeRuyter to alter original plans again.

    Around the Big12 Conference 2010

  • With the breeze, Gilchrist knew that his mishits would carry for six.

    Monty Panesar sets out in search of his old self at Sussex 2010

  • "If a player mishits a shot and swears at himself, you don't treat it in the same way as if he swears at a referee," he said.

    Saturday Soap Opera at Stamford Bridge GABRIELE MARCOTTI 2010

  • A low-to-high swing of similar speed with a narrow wooden racket would end in horrendous mishits.

    Spin Doctors 2006

  • A low-to-high swing of similar speed with a narrow wooden racket would end in horrendous mishits.

    Spin Doctors 2006

  • A low-to-high swing of similar speed with a narrow wooden racket would end in horrendous mishits.

    Spin Doctors 2006

  • While David Duval's balls bounced away from deep rough and skipped past bunkers, Woods paid full measure for every one of his mishits and mistakes.

    Starr Gazing: A Rival For Tiger 2007

  • They also did say that some strikes on Kabul had been mishits, and that about 30 civilians, according to their estimates, had been killed.

    CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2001 2001

  • Two of the six points came on mishits by Gonzaga, while another was a Bulldogs service error.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Next ball he mishits a cut between two fielders in the gully - that could very easily have been another 'gimme wicket' for the Aussies.

    The Guardian World News Alan Gardner 2011

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