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Wrongly vs Misyield - What's the difference?

wrongly | misyield |

As an adverb wrongly

is in an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.

As a verb misyield is

to yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.

As a noun misyield is

a bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product.

wrongly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an unfair or immoral manner; unjustly.
  • Incorrectly; by error.
    • I wrongly assumed that it would be an easy job.

    Synonyms

    * incorrectly, mistakenly, erroneously

    Antonyms

    * correctly, rightly

    Usage notes

    In American English, this word usually has a moral connotation, however it is not wrong to use "wrongly" as the opposite of "correctly."

    misyield

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
  • *1990 , Michael Pollak, Sense & censorship :
    • He sternly criticised 'pygmean statesmen' who climbed the dizziest heights of power, inevitably resulting in 'misery for the mass', and he deplored the 'misyielding past' looking to the day when injustices would be turned around.
  • *2006 , Ben Finkelstein, The Politics of Public Fund Investing :
    • To appreciate how YTM can be “mis-yielding ,” (misleading), take a look at Exhibit 8-5, which examines a bond purchased at par with 6 percent YTM under varying reinvestment or interest rate assumptions.
  • *2010 , depression:
    • A lack of ability of can also advance some eyewitnesss to misyield the side effects of panic disorders to be a case of social anxiety or accomplishance anxiety.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product.
  • *1943 , Königliche Preussische Landes-Oekonomie-Kollegium, Prussia (Germany). Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Domänen und Forsten, Germany. Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher :
    • On poorer medium soils mixed grain still gives a satisfactory yield where each single component, grown by itself, would often result in a misyield .
  • *1959 , H. Schranz, PROCESS OF REDUCING THE CONSISTENCY OF :
    • In the aforegoing examples the term "misyield " is employed to indicate that portion of the material treated which is not true sink or float material and is considered as a loss unless recycled.