Home › Words › M › misrespondmisrespondmisrespond means to respond incorrectly or inappropriately.EtymologyFrom mis- + respond.verbTo respond incorrectly or inappropriately.e.g.“Listeners therefore may misunderstand and misrespond to locutionary acts.” — 1989, Harold J. Leavitt, Louis R. Pondy, David M. Boje, Readings in Managerial Psychology, page 371:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).