misrecruit

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ recruit

Verb

misrecruit (third-person singular simple present misrecruits, present participle misrecruiting, simple past and past participle misrecruited)

1. To recruit someone who is inappropriate.
   • 1984, Ralph R. Premdas, Jeff S. Steeves, Decentralisation and Political Change in Melanesia, page 11:

     Despite the introduction of the elective principle, the councils failed partly because they continued to misrecruit big men and chiefs, but also because local council activities were being progressively eclipsed by the emergence of a national arena of politics.

   • 2001, Judith Langer, The Mirrored Window: Focus Groups from a Moderator's Point of View, page 127:

     Explain to the remaining respondents that the person belonged in a different group, was misrecruited, or was clearly unhappy with the research.

   • 2012, BPP Learning Media, CIM Post-grad Diploma: 3 Marketing leadership and planning, page 18:

     Perhaps people have been misrecruited.

Noun

misrecruit (plural misrecruits)

1. Someone who has been misrecruited.
   • 2013, Donna Tedesco, Fiona Tranquada, The Moderator's Survival Guide, page 54:

     This pattern may be appropriate […] If the participant is a misrecruit and there is no way to adjust the session to get feedback from her.