Meaning

(sports) To tackle improperly, such as when it is not legal, or not in the correct manner..

Definitions by Sense

1. (sports) To tackle improperly, such as when it is not legal, or not in the correct manner.
2. To attempt to deal with (a problem) in the wrong way.
3. (sports) An illegal or badly executed tackle.

Example Sentences

If the attacker tricks the defender into going for the tackle and she mistackles the ball, the attacker will most likely be in an advantageous position for a clear shot at the goal.

If, for some reason, he mistackled the ball, you could be sure that the man was going to stay there and be planted square on his ass.

However, consider the dramatic and very public case of the highly skilled international footballer, Eduardo da Silva of The Arsenal — who suffered a compound fibula fracture to his left leg and a dislocated ankle with medial ligament damage in Febrary 2008 when brutally mistackled in the away game at Birmingham City.

And, in what may seem a fusion of the previous two mistackling incidents, there was a third embarrassing episode.

The two thought the agreement had mistackled the shari'a by referring it to the proposed constitutional conference.

[…] mistackled while others are neither properly grasped nor tackled at all.

The issue of technology, in general, was very wrongly conceived and thus mistackled in many developing countries during the past three decades.

A mistackle counts two yards for the team with the ball.

Word Forms

• mistackles
• mistackling
• mistackled

When Should You Use Mistackle?

Use mistackle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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