misperformancen.
/ˌmɪspəˈfɔːməns/, U.S. /ˌmɪspərˈfɔrm(ə)ns/ Bad or improper performance; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > faulty observance or performance
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1652 Bastard ii. i. 20 Should I vilifie My faith by misperformance, I should think My selfe degenerate from what I was.
1684 R. Baxter Acct. Twelve Arguments 10 in Catholick Communion Defended Must we renounce the Communion with them all, or reserve exception against their faults and misperformances?
1849 Amer. Rev. Feb. 141/1 We must be allowed in justification of our opinion, that is, in consequence of the usual misperformance of the song, not general, to call attention [etc.].
1885 H. W. Beecher in Amer. Rev. Jan. 192 It is an argument against the misperformance of duty, and not against the imperative duty.
1984 Jrnl. Philos. 81 561 What concerns the engineers when they encounter misperformance in their robot is whether the misperformance is a telling one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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