misagree

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verb

to agree on the basis of a misunderstanding, or without full engagement in what is being agreed to

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Meanings

verbmisagree (third-person singular simple present misagrees, present participle misagreeing, simple past and past participle misagreed)

present singular third person misagrees · participle present misagreeing · participle past misagreed · past misagreed

  1. intransitivenonstandardto agree on the basis of a misunderstanding, or without full engagement in what is being agreed to

    2023 "On Misagreement: The trap of yeah," by Jamal Cassim, On Sight (blog), Feb 24, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20250105152359/https://jamalcassim.com/on-misagreement/ "But misagreements often just come from the desire to agree."

Origin

From mis- + agree.

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APA

misagree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misagree

MLA

“misagree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misagree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misagree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misagree.

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