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- noun An incorrect or unsuitable
assignment , especially of ateacher .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are many other deceptions here such as the imaginary definite accusative (spureni is in no way a case form of spur) and the misassignment of *spure as a dative when it can only be the standard locative in -e (i.e. *spure = 'before the city').
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A metaphor is a voluntary misassignment of a label, but it is also more than that:
Goodman's Aesthetics Giovannelli, Alessandro 2005
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“Whereas falsity depends upon misassignment of a label, metaphorical truth depends upon reassignment” (1976, 70 emphasis added).
Goodman's Aesthetics Giovannelli, Alessandro 2005
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Clearly operating in an inefficient manner, the unit was charged with misassignment of personnel by the Air Inspector; in July
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Morris J. MacGregor
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Among the failed proposals was one from Nashua Republican Rep. Carl Seidel who wanted instead to ban discrimination against "gender misassignment"
Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009
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