misintended

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɛndɪd/

Etymology 1

From misintend +‎ -ed.

Verb

misintended

1. simple past and past participle of misintend

Etymology 2

From mis- +‎ intended.

Adjective

misintended (not comparable)

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

     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.

   • 1992, Joseph F. Graham, Onomatopoetics: Theory of Language and Literature, page 233:

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

References

• “misintend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.