misintended

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/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɛndɪd/

adjective

Aimed amiss or wrongly.

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Meanings

misintended1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of misintend

misintended2

adjectivemisintended (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAimed amiss or wrongly.

    An action can thus be misconceived or misintended even when executed perfectly, because intentions themselves have purposes beyond the realization of an action.

    1992, Joseph F. Graham, Onomatopoetics: Theory of Language and Literature, page 233
    1 more example

    One of thoſe archers cloſely I did ſpy, / ayming his arrovv at my very hart: / vvhen ſuddenly vvith tvvincle of her eye, / the Damzell broke his miſintended dart.

    1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso

Origin

misintended · verb

From misintend + -ed.

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misintended · adjective

From mis- + intended.

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APA

misintended. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misintended

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Chicago

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