单词 | misperform |
释义 | misperformv. transitive and intransitive. To perform badly or improperly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [verb (intransitive)] > operate in a faulty manner misperform1656 misbehave1851 to act up1887 malfunction1941 to go ape1985 1656 R. Vines Treat. Inst. Lords-Supper xiii. 154 The positive worship of God in Sacraments, is not easily, either misperformed or neglected. 1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) xxiv. 87 I do not think any of your company can accuse me for misperforming my duty. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. ii. 74 The duties of the office..were..such as could not be neglected, or misperformed. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 69 To degrade him if he rejected or misperformed it [sc. his task]. 1909 Polit. Sci. Q. 24 6 The political duty involved is perceived, but it is neglected or misperformed. 1984 Jrnl. Philos. 81 562 So long as their robot is not misperforming but rather making the ‘right’ decisions [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1656 |
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