"misrespond" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misresponds [present, singular, third-person], misresponding [participle, present], misresponded [participle, past], misresponded [past]
Etymology: mis- + respond Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|respond}} mis- + respond Head templates: {{en-verb}} misrespond (third-person singular simple present misresponds, present participle misresponding, simple past and past participle misresponded)
  1. To respond incorrectly or inappropriately.
    Sense id: en-misrespond-en-verb-TkjsIF4Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2017, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Improving Motor Carrier Safety Measurement, page 117",
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          "text": "Instead of evaluating gestational labor according to the norms of love, wonder, admiration, or awe and responding appropriately to this kind of value, we misevaluate it based on market norms and misrespond to the value present in the good exchanged with a desire to use (i.e. the typical evaluative response for market transactions).",
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