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Meaning of miscommand | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˌmɪskəˈmænd

Definitions

To command incompetently.

Examples

“If a Governour make a new Sacrament, I will not obey, because: his command is null, and the thing simply evil. If he miscommand a Circumstance of Time, or Place, or Gesture, I will consider the consequents.”
“If either the superiors miscommand, or the inferiors disobey, it is an affront to peace.”
“The truant skipped his drill, but had an eye no man could turn aside or miscommand for where the quarry of his spirit lay.”
“Also at this time we would question the engineers about the failsafe mode that the satellite must go into in case an operator miscommands, or a failure of a redundant system in an attitude control system”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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