misconnoting

Verb

misconnote (third-person singular simple present misconnotes, present participle misconnoting, simple past and past participle misconnoted)

1. To connote incorrectly; to imply something that is not true or valid.
   • Actors themselves must be acutely aware of what gestures or modes of speech will produce what Indicators and Sensors, for a movement that misconnotes a Sensor would be detrimental to the audiences' comprehension of the drama.1978, Carol Ann Cohen, An Investigation of the History and Background of Surrealism and Antonin Artaud's Place Within the Movement