Misfinger

Quick meaning: Misfinger is a verb meaning (music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note.

Meaning

(music) To make a mistake in the finger positions when playing an instrument, resulting in a wrong note.

More Meanings

1. To misplace the hands or fingers when typing, resulting in errors in the resulting text.
2. To unthinkingly or accidentally touch someone or something one should not.
3. To fumble or place something incorrectly due to poor coordination of the fingers.

Example Sentences

The causes? Overconfidence? Misfingering? Disbelief that anything serious could happen, by that opponent, so early?

The Charging Party contended that the only problem she had concerned misfingering on the first day use of the word processor.

Each one watched the one at the machine and didn't allow any misfingering. Very quickly they learned the touch method for the middle row.

If Holmes misfingers a note on one of the violin strings, that is merely some small fault within the unified organisation of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Incorporated.

Word Forms

• misfingers
• misfingering
• misfingered

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misgesture, misplay, mistouch, mis-sing, misfigure, misnote.

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