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mistransact en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + transact.

Meanings

1. To transact badly.
   • she finds that the earliest developmental levels have been mistransacted. 1986, Lawrence A. Bloom, Facilitating Communication Change, page 112:
   • The literature surveyed in Noll and Krier suggests that A and B might "mistransact" from the standpoint of their own interests because they process certain kinds of information in counterproductive ways. 1990, The Journal of Legal Studies - Volume 19, page 782:
   • The Santa Fe Railroad is not a bunch of stockholders who meet every now and then to transact or mistransact their business, but it's the individual I meet. 1956, Southwest Shippers Advisory Board, Proceedings of the Regular Meeting, page 22:

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