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Etymology

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mis- +‎ communicate

Verb

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miscommunicate (third-person singular simple present miscommunicates, present participle miscommunicating, simple past and past participle miscommunicated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To communicate incorrectly.
    • 2008 January 18, Harriet Rubin, “Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy”, in New York Times[1]:
      Global problems arise from how humans have undervalued each other and miscommunicated with each other.
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