Meaning

To make a mistake when trying to make one's way over (difficult terrain); to misstep or stumble when trying to avoid (obstacles)..

Definitions by Sense

1. To make a mistake when trying to make one's way over (difficult terrain); to misstep or stumble when trying to avoid (obstacles).
2. To cope with or handle badly.
3. To argue or represent one's position badly when coming to an agreement.

Example Sentences

If they missed seeing one, or if they misnegotiated their path around another, we would be bounced roughly into the air.

Back in 1913 for instance, a driver named Jack Tower misnegotiated the southwest, and overturned in the south chute after exiting the turn.

She risked looking back just as she reached the porch, and she tripped and fell, not because she had misnegotiated her footing, but because she was shocked at what Shawn was doing.

While returning home from Haskell, John drove upon his friend, Wilda Medford, who had misnegotiated Red Hill and his car had overturned.

Mims giggled as, upon their arrival home, her high heels misnegotiated the threshold and she tripped.

Although the protagonists of his films often misnegotiate risk, putting themselves recklessly in the path of psychotic killers, Argento navigates the professionally dangerous waters of genre cinema with elegance and intelligence.

Aspects of the gross or gross-reflecting state itself become compromised, misnegotiated, misnavigated, and misdigested, hobbling the state in various ways.

Thus, as a snapshot of a cultural moment, the controversy resulting from Ciegossordomudos's videos figures as a lesson in national identity and on how cultural codes are misnegotiated in contemporary Colombian society.

Word Forms

• misnegotiates
• misnegotiating
• misnegotiated

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When Should You Use Misnegotiate?

Use misnegotiate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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