Home › Words › M › misauthorizemisauthorizemisauthorize means to authorize erroneously.EtymologyFrom mis- + authorize.verbTo authorize erroneously.e.g.“This would not only allow paths sharing nodes with this tag's path to be wrongfully unauthorized, but would eventually misauthorize the repeatedly scanning tag as well.” — 2009, Yan Zhang, Laurence T. Yang, Jiming Chen, RFID and Sensor Networks, page 136:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disauthorize 71% match — To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. vs misauthorize →deauthorize 69% match — To revoke permission, sanction or consent. vs misauthorize →authorization 68% match — An act of authorizing. vs misauthorize →unauthorize 68% match — To disown the authority of; to repudiate. vs misauthorize →unauthorizedly 65% match — In an unauthorized way; without authorization. vs misauthorize →misattribute 64% match — To erroneously attribute; to falsely ascribe; used especially of authorship. vs misauthorize →authorizer 64% match — One who, or that which, authorizes. vs misauthorize →reauthorise 63% match — To authorize again; to give new authority to. vs misauthorize →