mistransact

verb

mistransact

verb

Etymology From mis- + transact.

1

To transact badly.

The Santa Fe Railroad is not a bunch of stockholders who meet every now and then to transact or mistransact their business, but it's the individual I meet.1956, Southwest Shippers Advisory Board, Proceedings of the Regular Meeting, page 22:
she finds that the earliest developmental levels have been mistransacted.1986, Lawrence A. Bloom, Facilitating Communication Change, page 112:

1 more example

The literature surveyed in Noll and Krier suggests that A and B might "mistransact" from the standpoint of their own interests because they process certain kinds of information in counterproductive ways.1990, The Journal of Legal Studies - Volume 19, page 782:

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