misrecommend
misrecommend verb: to recommend without good reason.
Verb
misrecommend (third-person singular simple present misrecommends, present participle misrecommending, simple past and past participle misrecommended)
- To recommend without good reason.
- He did not apologize for it, nor make it a handmaid to something else, nor attempt to prove its practical value by an appeal to commercial motives, nor, in short give any of the thousand bad reasons by which stupid people habitually misrecommend good things.1931, Music Educators National Conference (U.S.), Yearbook, page 18
- I think many shop executives misrecommend some of their helpers without adequate reasons.1957, American Machinist - Volume 101, Issues 18-22, page 253
Forms of misrecommend
| third-person singular present | misrecommends |
|---|---|
| present participle | misrecommending |
| past participle | misrecommended |
| past | misrecommended |
Origin of misrecommend
From mis- + recommend.
Questions about misrecommend
- What does misrecommend mean?
- Misrecommend means to recommend without good reason.
- What part of speech is misrecommend?
- Misrecommend is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misrecommend?
- The past tense of misrecommend is misrecommended.
Words near misrecommend in the dictionary
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