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🃏 A card mistake 🃏 To deal wrongly
to misdeal

to misdeal

7.4
To give out the cards in the wrong way that breaks the game rules
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈdiːl/
: repartir incorrectamente
  • If you accidentally misdeal the cards, the round must be restarted.

Examples

  • The tournament director had to intervene after a player misdealt for the second time.

  • She apologized for misdealing and collected the cards to try again.

  • Don't misdeal the cards!

  • He misdealt the cards during the last round.

  • If you accidentally misdeal the cards, you will have to start the game over.

  • The dealer misdealt the hand, causing confusion among the players.

  • After the player misdealt, everyone had to reshuffle and begin again.

Surface Forms

misdeal infinitive
misdealing present participle
misdeals third person singular
misdealt past
misdealt past participle

Morphology

misdeal = deal (transparent) = mis + deal

Standard productive prefixation: 'mis-' meaning 'incorrectly' + verb 'deal' gives the verb 'misdeal' meaning to deal incorrectly.

Etymology

Misdeal as a verb uses the same parts: mis- 'wrong' and deal 'to give out cards'. To misdeal is to give the cards in the wrong way, so the round must be restarted.