misdiagram

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ diagram

Verb

misdiagram (third-person singular simple present misdiagrams, present participle misdiagramming, simple past and past participle misdiagrammed)

1. To diagram incorrectly.
   • 1991 October 28, John Lombardi, Kyla K. Carlson, “Grammar Checkers: Keep your writing in line”, in InfoWorld, volume 13, number 43, page 65:

     If the parser isn't sophisticated, it will misdiagram the sentence and won't know the difference between verb and subject.

   • 1997, Bryan L. Jones, “Back to the Basics”, in Mark Twain Made Me Do It and Other Plains Adventures:

     No one had a clue as to what terrible things she'd do to us if we misdiagrammed a sentence.

   • 2014, LSAT Logic Games:

     If you are missing any connections, or if you misdiagrammed, check the numbered arrows in the diagram against the numbered rules to see where you may have gone wrong.