miswarn

present singular third person miswarns · participle present miswarning · participle past miswarned · past miswarned

1. To warn of something that is not a threat; to cry wolf.

   For I have done all that you said Fingers bled and eyes fall dead Screaming dreams to wake and cry Miswarned warriors peel and die

   2009, J.C. Wolf, “Slave to the King of Misunderstanding”, in The Hope And Betrayal Of Talking Only To Myself

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   Our friend, Commander de Champeaux, was not miswarned when he was told by the squaw he claimed as his squaw, 'to look out and not cross Chief Ma-chan-qua's pathway.'

   1905, Julia M. Baker Stapleford, Wah-see-ola, the Light of the Tribes at the Meeting Waters, page 180

   In miswarning cases, the plaintiff must show [unintelligible] to include a reasonable warning, in light of what the manufacturer knew

   1992, Kentucky Law Journal - Volume 81, Issues 3-4