Should 'misfounded' be a word?

[LHutton]

I see news articles and other places using it all the time but technically it doesn't exist in the dictionary.

Time to add it?

[Yw-slayer]

No. It's "unfounded", or "misconceived".

[IMOA]

I've never seen 'misfounded' used and I really hope I never do.

[LHutton]

Just a quick Google:

Central Michigan Life – Darnell faces the wrath for misfounded statement about CMU students ('http://www.cm-life.com/2004/10/29/darnellfacesthewrathformisfoundedstatementaboutcmu students/')



Darnell faces the wrath for misfounded statement about CMU students


More than 160 arrested including EDL leader Tommy Robinson during clashes at east London march - London - News - London Evening Standard ('http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/more-than-160-arrested-including-edl-leader-tommy-robinson-during-clashes-at-east-london-march-8803080.html')


The EDL had shown "misfounded courage...."

A nostalgic misfounded intellectual rigour is not the future of education | Dr Shibley Rahman : Legal blog ('http://legal-aware.org/2012/06/a-nostalgic-misfounded-intellectual-rigour-is-not-the-future-of-education/')


A nostalgic misfounded intellectual rigour is not the future of education - See more at: A nostalgic misfounded intellectual rigour is not the future of education | Dr Shibley Rahman : Legal blog ('http://legal-aware.org/2012/06/a-nostalgic-misfounded-intellectual-rigour-is-not-the-future-of-education/#sthash.vemD2G8l.dpuf')

[Yw-slayer]

I don't give a shit. Is it in OED? Does it sound wrong? If the answers are "No" and "Yes" then it's not a word. If we went for # of mentions then let's all start saying AMIRITE, KTHXBAI and MADCUZBAD with straight faces. The closest one can come is ill-founded.

[LHutton]

The dictionary gets new words added on a regular basis in accordance with common usage. To me 'misfounded' sounds fine and would logically mean 'mistakenly founded'.

It really wouldn't be the worst word that was ever added:

http://www.cracked.com/article_17408_15-words-you-wont-believe-they-added-to-dictionary.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/screenager

[FaultyMario]

Señorita, me gusta su style. Es usted un genio del debate, abre un tema, hace una pregunta y usted mismo se contesta, indistintamente de lo que los demás opinen. Nunca cambies, zeta.

Señorita, ¡a mi me gusta su style! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B1ScwFuhG0)

[George]

I voted no because it pains me to hear people make up words, use nouns as verbs, and adopt the latest "corpspeak" jargon in an apparent attempt to impress others.

I don't like misfounded, but it's better than the abbreviation "rego" which apparently means registration, as seen in the Cycling thread. I had to use The Google to figure out that one.

[SportWagon]

I voted yes to compensate for my tendency to be pedantic.

[Yw-slayer]

To me 'misfounded' sounds fine

Then your ears need to be checked.

[MR2 Fan]

I see news articles and other places using it all the time but technically it doesn't exist in the dictionary.

Time to add it?

Fox news by chance?

[JoshInKC]

Is it in OED?

+1
I dream of someday owning a complete 20 volume set, and the shelfspace to hold it.

[Rare White Ape]

'Misfounded' is not a word, irregardless how many news agencies use it.