Missway
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Missway is a verb meaning To sway or influence to an unfortunate result.
Meaning
To sway or influence to an unfortunate result.
Example Sentences
Through misswaying, it seemed to decline.
The swiftness of motion or violent passions will missway our inclinations or propensions, though in themselves moderate, as far as the settled weight of an habituate inclination or custom.
In particular, warning is given against the tendency, especially on the part of the uninformed (sometimes misinformed or misswayed ) public which in the end not only profits by but supports research, to emphasize, to expect, to reward disproportionately, the applications of undramatic, unspectacular, "endless" basic research.
Word Forms
- missways
- misswaying
- misswayed
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