mistransmit

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ transmit

Verb

mistransmit (third-person singular simple present mistransmits, present participle mistransmitting, simple past and past participle mistransmitted)

1. To transmit incorrectly.
   • 1984, Peter J. Breed, Pavements Maintenance Specialist (AFSC 55150): General subjects, page 26:

     Also, you may be too far from the sending radio station for good reception; radio equipment does break down occasionally, and opertors do sometimes mistransmit or misreceive messages.

   • 2009, Sanford L. Drob, Kabbalah and Postmodernism: A Dialogue, page 84:

     As I write these words I 'contract' my though into language and at the same time conceal, obscure, and mistransmit what I have to say.

   • 2012, Peter Kivy, Sounding Off: Eleven Essays in the Philosophy of Music, page 37:

     It is sometimes suggested that only by following as closely as possible the performing intentions of the compser can we enable his "message" to come across, the implication being that to mistransmit what someone is intending to say by willfully ignoring his intended meaning is obviously a dereliction of one's duty to the truth.