单词 | misconvert |
释义 | misconvertv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > convert to wrong use misconvert1603 1603 Copy Inquisition & Decree (Brasenose Coll. Oxf. Archives) (Hurst Cal. of Munim. 20, Rodborough 16) [Tenements] have for a long time been so misused and misconverted. 2. transitive. To convert (a thing, spec. a currency) to another erroneously. ΚΠ 1972 Speculum 47 351 Figures..are misunderstood and misconverted..from besants or dinars into pounds. 1988 Arkansas Gaz. 25 July a10/2 The planners misconverted Greenwich Mean Time to ‘local’ time. 1999 Financial News (Nexis) 17 May 3 Local currencies had been misconverted into euros. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1603 |
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