misperformance

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ performance.

Noun

misperformance (countable and uncountable, plural misperformances)

  1. incorrect performance
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      The apraxic-agnosic patient may make errors of action or cognition, but he is not driven into misperformance or miscognition through being the subject of violent deforming forces []