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misrespond

misrespond verb: to respond incorrectly or inappropriately.

Verb

misrespond (third-person singular simple present misresponds, present participle misresponding, simple past and past participle misresponded)

  1. To respond incorrectly or inappropriately.
    • Listeners therefore may misunderstand and misrespond to locutionary acts.1989, Harold J. Leavitt, Louis R. Pondy, David M. Boje, Readings in Managerial Psychology, page 371
    • This might mean exerting greater pressure on carriers to report APU and VMT more often, maybe annually, and possibly by fining carriers that either fail to respond or are found to intentionally misrespond (possibly as a result of an investigation).2017, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Improving Motor Carrier Safety Measurement...

Forms of misrespond

third-person singular presentmisresponds
present participlemisresponding
past participlemisresponded
pastmisresponded

Origin of misrespond

From mis- + respond.

Questions about misrespond

What does misrespond mean?
Misrespond means to respond incorrectly or inappropriately.
What part of speech is misrespond?
Misrespond is a verb.
What is the past tense of misrespond?
The past tense of misrespond is misresponded.

Words near misrespond in the dictionary

  1. misresolving
  2. misrespect
  3. misrespected
  4. misrespecting
  5. misrespects
  6. misrespond
  7. misresponded
  8. misresponding
  9. misresponds
  10. misresponse
  11. misresponses

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