misreplying

Verb

misreply (third-person singular simple present misreplies, present participle misreplying, simple past and past participle misreplied)

1. To reply inappropriately.
   • While almost any conversational turn by addressee can serve as the reference turn for a connective-initial turn by a self-selecting participant, a preceding turn by Alter was used in a more restricted set of circumstances, such as: […] If Alter has misreplied, in Ego's estimation, either through...2011, Mary R. Key, The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, page 302