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misintention

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A wrong intention.

Examples

“If the person under consideration suffers error in the matter⟳ of his volitional activities he may be said to have⟳ misintcnded when his act of will turns out to be ill-advised. The act is called a misintention.”
“For instance, some psychological studies show⟳ that people who have⟳ had plenty of physical relations end⟳ up by hardly feeling any climax in intercourse. We also know⟳ that the failure of many marriages stems from an original misintention that the conjoints had about love⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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