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misrewarded

misrewarded is the simple past and past participle of misreward.

Meaning of misreward

Verb

misreward (third-person singular simple present misrewards, present participle misrewarding, simple past and past participle misrewarded)

  1. To reward inappropriately.
    • Subjects who were intentionally misrewarded by an involved agent (Other) made the largest reallocations; this presumably reflects the presence of reciprocity motivation which exacerbated the effects of equity motivation.1972, Dissertation Abstracts International, page 418

Questions about misrewarded

What is misrewarded the simple past and past participle of?
Misrewarded is the simple past and past participle of misreward.

Words near misrewarded in the dictionary

  1. misrevise
  2. misrevised
  3. misrevises
  4. misrevising
  5. misreward
  6. misrewarded
  7. misrewarding
  8. misrewards
  9. misrhyme
  10. misrhymed
  11. misrhymes

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