miswarn
To warn of something that is not a threat; to cry wolf.
Verb
- To warn of something that is not a threat; to cry wolf.
- Our friend, Commander de Champeaux, was not miswarned when he was told by the squaw he claimed as his squaw, 'to look out and not cross Chief Ma-chan-qua's pathway.' - 1905, Julia M. Baker Stapleford, Wah-see-ola, the...
- In miswarning cases, the plaintiff must show [unintelligible] to include a reasonable warning, in light of what the manufacturer knew - 1992, Kentucky Law Journal - Volume 81, Issues 3-4:
- For I have done all that you said Fingers bled and eyes fall dead Screaming dreams to wake and cry Miswarned warriors peel and die - 2009, J.C. Wolf, “Slave to the King of Misunderstanding”, in The Hope And Betrayal Of...
Origin
From mis- + warn.