Misattend
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misattend is a verb meaning (intransitive) To misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention.
Meaning
(intransitive) To misunderstand something; to disregard or fail to pay attention.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To fail to look after properly.
Example Sentences
From the bottom-up view, the reader with attention deficits may misattend to the salient features of words.
They ſhall recover the miſattended vvords of Chriſt to the ſincerity of their true ſenſe from manifold contradictions, and ſhall open them vvith the key of charity.
It is a case of 'epistemic drift' as defined by Kemeny (1999), in which discourses without firm disciplinary roots tend to misattend to facts and jump to misleading conclusions.
Then how do you account for Mr. Goffin stating that he gave a lesson on Thursday as usual ? — I did not hear the lesson. I must have been misattending if he did give one, because we were all changing.
Word Forms
- misattends
- misattending
- misattended
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misregard, mislook, miss, mislisten, mishear, misassume.
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