mis dealt

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to deal wrongly or incorrectly, especially to deal the wrong number at cards.

noun

Cards. a deal in which the wrong number of cards have been distributed or in which the cards were dealt in the wrong order or manner, necessitating a new deal and the cancellation of any points made on the hand, sometimes with a penalty to the dealer.

Origin:
1475–85; mis-¹ + deal¹

Related forms

mis·deal·er, noun

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misdeal (ˌmɪsˈdiːl)

—vb , -deals, -dealing, -dealt
1.	(intr) to deal out cards incorrectly

—n
2.	a faulty deal

mis'dealer

—n

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misdeal

1746, "to make an error in dealing (cards);" from mis- (1) + deal (v.). The noun is attested from 1850.

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