🃏 A card mistake 🃏 To deal wrongly

misdeal

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A wrong way of giving out the cards that breaks the game rules

noun
/ˌmɪsˈdiːl/

: reparto incorrecto

Everyone was confused when the dealer announced a misdeal before the first round began.

Examples

I had to return $100 on a misdeal.

The Big Fix (1978)
I heard about the misdeal.

Lucky You (2007)
What do you mean you've had a misdeal?

Lucky You (2007)
Misdeal.

The Odd Couple (1968)
We've had a misdeal.

Lucky You (2007)
The players decided to reshuffle after recognizing the misdeal during the game.
In poker, a misdeal occurs when the cards are not distributed according to the game's rules.

Surface Forms

misdeal singular

misdeals plural

Morphology

misdeal = deal (transparent) = mis + deal

The negative prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' attaches to 'deal' producing a noun meaning an incorrect act of dealing, which is directly predictable.

Etymology

Misdeal comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb deal, which here means 'to give out cards'. So a misdeal is the 'wrong' giving of cards that should be fixed before the game continues.