Misendow
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To provide or endow with something that is not a benefit. usually
"Given the interactive character of genes and environment, one now must ask, "Are there certain specific genetic mechanisms or processes, pathological or otherwise, that determine that certain individuals so endowed (or misendowed) will be unable to live up to social and cultural expectations of performance and capability?"
Example
More examples"Given the interactive character of genes and environment, one now must ask, "Are there certain specific genetic mechanisms or processes, pathological or otherwise, that determine that certain individuals so endowed (or misendowed) will be unable to live up to social and cultural expectations of performance and capability?"
Etymology
From mis- + endow.
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