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misintended

verb
/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɛndɪd/

Etymology

From misintend + -ed.

  1. derived from intendo
  2. derived from entendre
  3. inherited from intenden
  4. prefixed as misintend — “mis + intend”
  5. suffixed as misintended — “misintend + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of misintend

  2. Aimed amiss or wrongly.

    • One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.
    • An action can thus be misconceived or misintended even when executed perfectly, because intentions themselves have purposes beyond the realization of an action.

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