misresolve

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verb

To resolve incorrectly.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbmisresolve (third-person singular simple present misresolves, present participle misresolving, simple past and past participle misresolved)

present singular third person misresolves · participle present misresolving · participle past misresolved · past misresolved

  1. transitiveTo resolve incorrectly.

    Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.

    2006, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, page 128

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“misresolve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misresolve. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misresolve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misresolve.

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