Meaning of misobey | Babel Free

Definitions

To obey incorrectly; to make a mistake in following orders.

transitive

Examples

“the dispatcher may properly perform⟳ his duties in issuing an order⟳, which may then be misunderstood or misobeyed through negligence, forgetfulness, absentmindedness, or in some other manner, with no opportunity for the dispatcher to detect⟳ such errors in time to avoid⟳ accident.”

“This right had been accepted by relative tribals but misobeyed and effaced by non-tribals and foreign peasants.”

“It is possible to take⟳ liberty with secular and vedic injunctions: one may obey⟳, not obey⟳ or misobey them, but the same cannot be done with regard to objects of knowledge.”

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