misconsume

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmōder. Old French consumerbor. Middle English consumen English consume English misconsume From mis- + consume.

  1. derived from consumerbor

Definitions

  1. To consume in an incorrect manner

    To consume in an incorrect manner; to consume the wrong amount, the wrong things, or at the wrong place or time.

    • Lovelock, for example, suggests the term “jaycustomers" to label customers who “misconsume” in a manner similar to jaywalkers who cross streets in unauthorized places.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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