Miscommand
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌmɪskəˈmænd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Miscommand is a verb meaning To command incompetently.
Meaning
To command incompetently.
More Meanings
- Incompetence at commanding.
Example Sentences
If either the superiors miscommand, or the inferiors disobey, it is an affront to peace.
Thersites , a chronic complainer, scolds Agamemnon for miscommand, and is rebuked and beaten by Odysseus.
The truant skipped his drill, but had an eye no man could turn aside or miscommand for where the quarry of his spirit lay.
While he finished that glass, he managed to pay devoted attention to both charmers, meanwhile spieling away with a masterly miscommand of English to the large group that now surrounded him.
Word Forms
- miscommands
- miscommanding
- miscommanded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misrun, misexecute, misdictate, misconduct, miscommit, misvoice.
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