Misregard

Quick meaning: Misregard is a noun meaning Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.

Meaning

Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.
2. (obsolete) Wrong understanding; misconstruction.

Example Sentences

Here well I weene , whenas these rimes be red With misregard

As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself.

Both minister and session were 'highly offended that he should have so far misregarded his pastor and provoked him to ire.'

[…] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]

Word Forms

• misregards
• misregarding
• misregarded

Synonyms for misregard

Depending on context, synonyms include misheed, ignore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misconceipt, misconceit, misunderstanding, misprision, miscomprehension, misconstruction.

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