misawarded
/ˌmɪsəˈwɔːrdɪd/
adjective
- Given or granted (such as a prize, contract, or decision) incorrectly or to the wrong person or group.
- The misawarded scholarship was later taken back and given to the rightful student.
- The company suffered a loss due to a misawarded contract that went to a less qualified bidder.
- The misawarded medal was returned after the error in the competition results was discovered.
verb
- Past tense of misaward: to award something incorrectly or to the wrong recipient.
- She felt the referee misawarded the point to her opponent.
- The judges misawarded the first prize to the wrong contestant because of a scoring mistake.
- The committee misawarded the grant to an ineligible organization.