Misreact
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misreact is a verb meaning To react inappropriately.
Meaning
To react inappropriately.
Example Sentences
David–Veronesi suggest that the features that they highlight imply the possibility that option prices misreact to changes in stock prices.
After months or years of such 24/7 inflammation, the leaky gut deteriorates to the point that the immune system starts to overreact, crossreact, and misreact.
From neuropsychological research, we knowthat the traumatized brain houses inscrutable eccentricities that cause it to overreact—or, more precisely,misreact—to the current realities of life.
According to Peter Griffin, Hemingway's naturalized conception of homosexuals was based on their “tendency to overreact or, better, to misreact, because their emotions were somehow short-circuited."
Word Forms
- misreacts
- misreacting
- misreacted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underreact, misbehave, misconduct, misdemean, misapprehend, misinject.
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