Misreaction

Quick meaning: Misreaction is a noun meaning Inappropriate reaction.

Meaning

Inappropriate reaction.

Example Sentences

The rate of misreaction in the accident prone group appears higher than the rate in the non-accident group.

And, of course, my impulsive misreaction created a far bigger mess — for my customers, for my parents, and for me — than my original mistake of not writing down who ordered what.

Very often, however, such misreaction is caused by external circumstances in an individual whose psychological structure is affected by constitutional or acquired pathological features.

Although specification errors can potentially have significant effects on tests of market misreaction (e.g., Heynen et al., 1994), the existing literature has not addressed the issue of how model misspecification may lead to conflicting findings on market misreaction.

Word Forms

• misreactions

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underreaction, inappropriacy, misadjustment, misfavor, misdisposition, misusage.

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