Explore Misfield through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Misfield in a sentence
Misfield meaning
- To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run.
- To field a ball clumsily or ineptly.
Using Misfield
- The main meaning on this page is: To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run. | To field a ball clumsily or ineptly.
Context around Misfield
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misfield
- In this selection, "misfield" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a misfield on the and by a misfield. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misfield" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misfield
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cook reached the figure with a boundary helped by a misfield. (11 words)
Almost a chance of a run out as Da Silva decides to run on a misfield. (16 words)
Now a rare blemish for Pakistan, short ball, Buttler pulls at it and there is a misfield in the deep, allowing four. (22 words)
The West Indies international opens the face of her bat on the next ball and a misfield on the third man boundary leads to another four. (26 words)
Bumrah bowls a no-ball on the sixth attempt, and his do-over costs him two more runs via a misfield at cover as Burns drives. (26 words)
Now a rare blemish for Pakistan, short ball, Buttler pulls at it and there is a misfield in the deep, allowing four. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
The West Indies international opens the face of her bat on the next ball and a misfield on the third man boundary leads to another four.
Almost a chance of a run out as Da Silva decides to run on a misfield.
Bumrah bowls a no-ball on the sixth attempt, and his do-over costs him two more runs via a misfield at cover as Burns drives.
Cook reached the figure with a boundary helped by a misfield.
Now a rare blemish for Pakistan, short ball, Buttler pulls at it and there is a misfield in the deep, allowing four.