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单词 mis-sell
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mis-sellv.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈsɛl/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈsɛl/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle mis-sold;
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and sell v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, sell v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + sell v.
transitive. To sell badly or wrongly; spec. (chiefly British): to sell (a financial product) on the basis of misleading advice. Also intransitive.
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c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 2 (MED) He shalle not say he hath myssold As his good wille crist forbede þat he shuld.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Misuéndere,..to mis-sell.
1985 Los Angeles Times 10 Nov. (Bk. Review section) 8/2 For the publisher to mis-sell Raven's multifaceted novel as about a ‘careless debauch’ is blind and outrageous in its Old Testament sensibility.
1992 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 21/5 In some cases bonds were mis-sold with an implied guarantee that they were an alternative to a guaranteed product from a building society.
1995 Independent 4 Mar. 1/6 The financial industry's shiftiness in mis-selling personal pensions.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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