misagree
misagree verb: to agree on the basis of a misunderstanding, or without full engagement in what is being agreed to.
Verb
misagree (third-person singular simple present misagrees, present participle misagreeing, simple past and past participle misagreed)
- to agree on the basis of a misunderstanding, or without full engagement in what is being agreed to
- 2023 "On Misagreement: The trap of yeah," by Jamal Cassim, On Sight (blog), Feb 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20250105152359/https://jamalcassim.com/on-misagreement/
"But misagreements often just come from the desire to agree."
- 2023 "On Misagreement: The trap of yeah," by Jamal Cassim, On Sight (blog), Feb 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20250105152359/https://jamalcassim.com/on-misagreement/
Forms of misagree
| third-person singular present | misagrees |
|---|---|
| present participle | misagreeing |
| past participle | misagreed |
| past | misagreed |
Origin of misagree
From mis- + agree.
Words formed from misagree
Questions about misagree
- What does misagree mean?
- Misagree means to agree on the basis of a misunderstanding, or without full engagement in what is being agreed to.
- What part of speech is misagree?
- Misagree is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misagree?
- The past tense of misagree is misagreed.
Words near misagree in the dictionary
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