misrespond

Definitions

To respond incorrectly or inappropriately.

Examples

“Listeners therefore may misunderstand and misrespond to locutionary acts.”

“This might mean⟳ exerting greater pressure on carriers to report⟳ APU and VMT more often, maybe annually, and possibly by fining carriers that either fail⟳ to respond⟳ or are found to intentionally misrespond (possibly as a result⟳ of an investigation).”

“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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