misconfirm
misconfirm verb: to confirm in error.
Verb
misconfirm (third-person singular simple present misconfirms, present participle misconfirming, simple past and past participle misconfirmed)
- To confirm in error.
- Fodor believes that the everyday, lay explanations of behavior (of both people and beasts) in terms of beliefs and desires are of a piece with the sophisticated information-flow explanations of the neo-cognitivists, so that the self-evident acceptability of "the dog bit me because he thought I was...1981, Daniel C. Dennett, “A Cure for the Common Code?”, in Ned Joel Block, editor, Readings in philosophy of psychology, page 70
- Chemicals have been misconfirmed in the past, misidentified, and that has caused a lot of problems.1988, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environmental Issues Related to the Use of Pesticides, page 25
Forms of misconfirm
| third-person singular present | misconfirms |
|---|---|
| present participle | misconfirming |
| past participle | misconfirmed |
| past | misconfirmed |
Origin of misconfirm
From mis- + confirm.
Questions about misconfirm
- What does misconfirm mean?
- Misconfirm means to confirm in error.
- What part of speech is misconfirm?
- Misconfirm is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misconfirm?
- The past tense of misconfirm is misconfirmed.
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