misregard
UK/ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/US/ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/
misregard noun: wrong understanding; misconstruction.
Noun
misregard (uncountable)
- Wrong understanding; misconstruction.
- Here well I weene , whenas these rimes be red With misregard1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.
- As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself.1801, Bannatyne Club, Publications - Volume 93, Issue 1 - Page 297
- […] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]1988, Harry Berger, Revisionary Play
Verb
misregard (third-person singular simple present misregards, present participle misregarding, simple past and past participle misregarded)
- To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.
- To misregard the Word is in the account of Paul, to misregard ones own Salvation, he does not prise his own Soul, as he should do: […]1655, William Lyford, The plain mans senses exercised to discern both good and evil
- […] yet such being their resolution, that in they would, and be worshipful upon any terms, they misregarded all formerly-used steps of promotion, accounting them but unnecessary, and most rudely rushing into the very sanctuary, they immediately hung out the orange colours to testifie their conquest...1870, William Alexander, The Poetical Works
Synonyms of misregard
Forms of misregard
| third-person singular present | misregards |
|---|---|
| present participle | misregarding |
| past participle | misregarded |
| past | misregarded |
Origin of misregard
From mis- + regard.
Words formed from misregard
- misregarder
- misregardful
Words that rhyme with misregard
Questions about misregard
- What does misregard mean?
- Misregard means wrong understanding; misconstruction.
- What part of speech is misregard?
- Misregard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce misregard?
- Misregard is pronounced /ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/ (UK).
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