misincentive

misincentive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English incentive
English misincentive

    From mis- + incentive.

    Noun

    misincentive (plural misincentives)

    1. Something that is meant to be an incentive but has no (or the opposite) effect

    See also

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