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misrectify

verb

Etymology

From mis- + rectify.

  1. derived from rēctus — “straight”
  2. derived from rēctificō — “to make right”
  3. derived from rectifiier
  4. inherited from rectifien
  5. prefixed as misrectify — “mis + rectify”

Definitions

  1. To err when attempting to rectify (a problem or mistake).

    • At the task level itself, there may be errors of misassessing, mismonitoring, and misrectifying the safety requirements set up to achieve an errorless task accomplishment.
    • Perhaps the aerial photographs had been misrectified or the position of the ditches incorrectly surveyed.
    • Misassessing a danger or a risk can result in a staff member's mismonitoring, mispreventing, and misrectifying.

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