Home › Words › M › malorientationmalorientationmalorientation means bad or wrong orientation.EtymologyFrom mal- + orientation.nounBad or wrong orientation.e.g.“This program is able to correct the projected acetabular rims and the corresponding radiographic hip parameters caused by pelvic malorientation based on a cone-beam projection model.” — 2015 November 25, “Comparison of 2.5D and 3D Quantification of Femoral Head Coverage in Normal Control Subjects and Patients with Hip Dysplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misorientation 89% match — An incorrect or inappropriate orientation. vs malorientation →maloriented 85% match — Wrongly oriented vs malorientation →misoriented 80% match — oriented incorrectly vs malorientation →misorientate 75% match — To position (something) incorrectly, especially so that it faces in the wrong direction. vs malorientation →nonoriented 68% match — Not oriented: lacking orientation. vs malorientation →contraoriented 65% match — oriented in an opposite direction vs malorientation →orientationally 64% match — With regard to orientation vs malorientation →unoriented 63% match — Not oriented: lacking orientation. vs malorientation →