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misacquisition

noun

Etymology

From mis- + acquisition.

  1. derived from acquisītiō
  2. derived from acquisicion
  3. prefixed as misacquisition — “mis + acquisition”

Definitions

  1. The acquiring of something badly or wrongly.

    • Is there any justification (other than the inevitability of some errors) for billion-dollar misacquisitions, such as Exxon's purchase of Reliance Electric or Sohio's purchase of Kennecott?
    • As learning proceeds, a good teacher is always vigilant for misacquisitions—learning the correct answer but not understanding the underlying concept.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misacquisition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA