misresult
misresult noun: an erroneous or unwanted result.
Noun
misresult (plural misresults)
- An erroneous or unwanted result.
- Allow me to state, that by standing such an instructive example before the world, you exercise the most effective revolutionary propaganda; because, if the misresult of French revolutions discouraged the nations from shaking off the oppressor's yoke, your victory, and still more, your unparalleled...1852, New York Common Council, Report of the Special Committee Appointed by the Common Council of the City of New York, to Make Arrangements for the Reception of Gov. Louis Kossuth, the Distinguished...
- Their vaunted liberty of thought and act is of that revolutionary sort which brings in the deeper, harder bondage of physical and spiritual oppression: full of "sordid misbeliefs, mispursuits, misresults,” to be trodden under foot shortly.1891, Joseph William Reynolds, The Natural History of Immortality, page 179
Forms of misresult
| plural | misresults |
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Origin of misresult
From mis- + result.
Questions about misresult
- What does misresult mean?
- Misresult means an erroneous or unwanted result.
- What part of speech is misresult?
- Misresult is a noun.
- What is the plural of misresult?
- The plural of misresult is misresults.
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