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misintended

misintended

English

Verb

misintended

  1. simple past tense and past participle of misintend

Etymology 2

mis- + intended

Adjective

misintended (not comparable)

  1. Aimed amiss.
    The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser.
    • 1992, Joseph F. Graham, Onomatopoetics: Theory of Language and Literature - Page 233:
      An action can thus be misconceived or misintended even when executed perfectly, because intentions themselves have purposes beyond the realization of an action.