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misorient

American

[mis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr-] / mɪsˈɔr iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr- /

verb (used with object)

to orient wrongly or improperly.

Etymology

Origin of misorient

1950–55; mis- ¹ + orient (v.)

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