misreply

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ reply.

Verb

misreply (third-person singular simple present misreplies, present participle misreplying, simple past and past participle misreplied)

1. To reply inappropriately.
   • 2011, Mary R. Key, The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, page 302:

     While almost any conversational turn by addressee can serve as the reference turn for a connective-initial turn by a self-selecting participant, a preceding turn by Alter was used in a more restricted set of circumstances, such as: […] If Alter has misreplied, in Ego's estimation, either through misunderstanding or contradiction, to Ego's preceding turn, or if he has emphasized the wrong aspect or presupposition of Ego's turn;

   • 2013, Elise K. Parsigian, Mass Media Writing:

     Chances are the respondent misreplied if, in your review of the interview questions, you have to ask: • What does the researcher mean by this question?

   • 2023, Scott Patterson, Chaos Kings, page 174:

     For the general public watching the road rage of Mr. Asness who misreplied to my last post: The claims [sic] by AQR is: tail risk is not needed by funds because there are ways to do it better.