miscoordinate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ coordinate

Verb

miscoordinate (third-person singular simple present miscoordinates, present participle miscoordinating, simple past and past participle miscoordinated)

1. To fail to coordinate properly.
   • 2001, H. Peyton Young, Individual Strategy and Social Structure, page 70:

     Because the players react to the full history, and the error rate is zero, they are sure to miscoordinate again.

   • 2014, Peter Vanderschraaf, Learning and Coordination: Inductive Deliberation, Equilibrium and Convention, page 9:

     If they both carry out threats to go to their preferred restaurants, or if they both give in, they will miscoordinate.

   • 2014, Brian Skyrms, Social Dynamics, page 130:

     Or their actual sequence of plays oscillates between both trying to play and both trying to watch, so they miscoordinate on every play!