Misinteract

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To interact incorrectly; to take part in an inappropriate interaction.

    "Even the rampant spread of psychological thinking has largely failed to awaken us to the ways we interact and misinteract in life."

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"Even the rampant spread of psychological thinking has largely failed to awaken us to the ways we interact and misinteract in life."

Etymology

From mis- + interact.

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