miscoordinate
verbEtymology From mis- + coordinate.
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To fail to coordinate properly.
- Because the players react to the full history, and the error rate is zero, they are sure to miscoordinate again.2001, H. Peyton Young, Individual Strategy and Social Structure, page 70:
- If they both carry out threats to go to their preferred restaurants, or if they both give in, they will miscoordinate.2014, Peter Vanderschraaf, Learning and Coordination: Inductive Deliberation, Equilibrium and Convention, page 9:
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- Or their actual sequence of plays oscillates between both trying to play and both trying to watch, so they miscoordinate on every play!2014, Brian Skyrms, Social Dynamics, page 130: