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misperformance

misperformance noun: incorrect performance.

Noun

misperformance (countable and uncountable, plural misperformances)

  1. incorrect performance
    • The apraxic-agnosic patient may make errors of action or cognition, but he is not driven into misperformance or miscognition through being the subject of violent deforming forces[…]1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Forms of misperformance

pluralmisperformances

Origin of misperformance

From mis- + performance.

Questions about misperformance

What does misperformance mean?
Misperformance means incorrect performance.
What part of speech is misperformance?
Misperformance is a noun.
What is the plural of misperformance?
The plural of misperformance is misperformances.

Words near misperformance in the dictionary

  1. misperf
  2. misperforated
  3. misperforation
  4. misperforations
  5. misperform
  6. misperformance
  7. misperformances
  8. misperformed
  9. misperformer
  10. misperformers
  11. misperforming

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