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misattended

misattended is the simple past and past participle of misattend.

Meaning of misattend

Verb

misattend (third-person singular simple present misattends, present participle misattending, simple past and past participle misattended)

  1. (intransitive) To misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention.
    • I would have cabled you to withdraw it from the Century, but I didn't, for I was sure I could depend upon Gilder's declining it. If he hasn't done it, please take it away from him and charge him with being drunk and misattending to his duties.1969, Mark Twain, Henry Huttleston Rogers, Lewis Gaston Leary, Mark Twain's Correspondence with Henry Huttleston Rogers
  2. (transitive) To fail to look after properly.
    • Soon after this, she removed from my district; and in the year 1861, again, for the eighth time, was pregnant, when she now fell under the care of an unqualified medical man, who had been appointed by a board of guardians to misattend the poor of a large district.1869, John W. Ogle, Timothy Holmes, St. George's Hospital Reports - Volume 4, page 215

Questions about misattended

What is misattended the simple past and past participle of?
Misattended is the simple past and past participle of misattend.

Words near misattended in the dictionary

  1. misattaches
  2. misattaching
  3. misattachment
  4. misattachments
  5. misattend
  6. misattended
  7. misattending
  8. misattends
  9. misattribute
  10. misattributed
  11. misattributes

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