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missignal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈsɪɡnəl/

Etymology

From mis- + signal.

Meanings

  1. A bad or incorrect signal
    • There was a missignal on the goal line and Newhall having no one to pass the ball to stuck it under his arm and made a successful quarter back run for a touch down. 1994, Bill Reid, Ronald Austin Smith, Big-time Football at Harvard, 1905: The Diary of Coach Bill Reid:
    • Is the signalling problem a reason not to pursue the policy, or is it a reason to deal with how to prevent the missignal by means of adequate disclosure? 1991, Steve H. Hanke, Alan Arthur Walters, Capital Markets and Development:
    • However, government intervention in asset prices such as stocks and bonds destroys the most powerful signals the economy generates and instead creates artificial missignals, thus distorting incentives. 2016, Pippa Malmgren, Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy:

Forms

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missignals Number=Plur lexicographic
mis-signal alternative lexicographic

missignal en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /mɪsˈsɪɡnəl/

Etymology

From mis- + signal.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To signal wrongly or in error
    • These problems refer to difficulties incurred when a staff member ( or members ) becomes confused in interaction and either missignals or gives confusing signals as to social role. 1980, Duane S. Bishop, Behavioral Problems and the Disabled: Assessment and Management, page 368:
    • At birth genitals are thus viewed as symbolically and literally revealing the truth of gender. At no time are the connections between genitals and gender more evident than when the genitalia of an infant either do not signal or else missignal sex. 2008, Katrina Karkazis, Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience:
    • False start II does not actively mis-signal what the new chapter is about. 2003, Patrick Dunleavy, Authoring a PhD:

Forms

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missignalling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
missignals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mis-signal alternative lexicographic
missignaled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
missignaled Tense=Past US lexicographic
missignalled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
missignalled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
missignaling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic