misinteract
misinteract verb: to interact incorrectly; to take part in an inappropriate interaction.
Verb
misinteract (third-person singular simple present misinteracts, present participle misinteracting, simple past and past participle misinteracted)
- To interact incorrectly; to take part in an inappropriate interaction.
- Even the rampant spread of psychological thinking has largely failed to awaken us to the ways we interact and misinteract in life.2004, David Allyn, I Can't Believe I Just Did That, page 228
- If the N‐terminal domain of multidomain proteins could fold into its proper form before the polypeptide constituting the next domain comes out of the ribosome, it would reduce the chance of the coming polypeptide to misinteract with a part of the first domain.2011, Andrzej Joachimiak, Structural Genomics, Part A, page 65
Forms of misinteract
| third-person singular present | misinteracts |
|---|---|
| present participle | misinteracting |
| past participle | misinteracted |
| past | misinteracted |
Origin of misinteract
From mis- + interact.
Questions about misinteract
- What does misinteract mean?
- Misinteract means to interact incorrectly; to take part in an inappropriate interaction.
- What part of speech is misinteract?
- Misinteract is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misinteract?
- The past tense of misinteract is misinteracted.
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