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misrecruit en · NOUN

Etymology

From mis- + recruit.

Meanings

  1. Someone who has been misrecruited.
    • This pattern may be appropriate […] If the participant is a misrecruit and there is no way to adjust the session to get feedback from her. 2013, Donna Tedesco, Fiona Tranquada, The Moderator's Survival Guide, page 54:

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misrecruits Number=Plur lexicographic

misrecruit en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + recruit.

Meanings

  1. To recruit someone who is inappropriate.
    • Perhaps people have been misrecruited. 2012, BPP Learning Media, CIM Post-grad Diploma: 3 Marketing leadership and planning, page 18:
    • Despite the introduction of the elective principle, the councils failed partly because they continued to misrecruit big men and chiefs, but also because local council activities were being progressively eclipsed by the emergence of a national arena of politics. 1984, Ralph R. Premdas, Jeff S. Steeves, Decentralisation and Political Change in Melanesia, page 11:
    • Explain to the remaining respondents that the person belonged in a different group, was misrecruited, or was clearly unhappy with the research. 2001, Judith Langer, The Mirrored Window: Focus Groups from a Moderator's Point of View, page 127:

Forms

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misrecruited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misrecruited Tense=Past lexicographic
misrecruiting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misrecruits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic