"misattend" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misattends [present, singular, third-person], misattending [participle, present], misattended [participle, past], misattended [past]
Etymology: mis- + attend Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|attend}} mis- + attend Head templates: {{en-verb}} misattend (third-person singular simple present misattends, present participle misattending, simple past and past participle misattended)
  1. (intransitive) To misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-misattend-en-verb-epajgCe9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 63 37
  2. (transitive) To fail to look after properly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misattend-en-verb-rfciQTDW

Inflected forms

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