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misregard

noun
/ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/UK/ˌmɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/US

Etymology

From mis- + regard.

  1. derived from reguard
  2. inherited from regard
  3. prefixed as misregard — “mis + regard”

Definitions

  1. Wrong understanding

    Wrong understanding; misconstruction.

    • Here well I weene , whenas these rimes be red With misregard

  2. Disregard

    Disregard; failure to heed or consider; contempt; neglect.

    • As to the duke's misregard of her offer, they did remit the truth of that to the report of the persons employed by herself.
    • […] poem does a turnabout as the narrator justifies that "misregard" by telling the golden-age story from the Censor's standpoint: […]

  3. To disregard

    To disregard; fail to heed; ignore; neglect.

    • To misregard the Word is in the account of Paul, to misregard ones own Salvation, he does not prise his own Soul, as he should do: […]
    • Both minister and session were 'highly offended that he should have so far misregarded his pastor and provoked him to ire.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misregard. 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