mismeet
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3ADJ.
superficial
PREP.
in
ADV.
relatively
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verb
To come together but fail to properly communicate or connect in positive ways.
Perhaps more than any other it illustrates both the meeting and the mismeeting of religion and psychology.
The noble task of the teacher is to be attentive to his students, in order not to 'mismeet' the graced occasions of dialogue, as already noted.
To fail to properly satisfy or comply with.
In such pathological relatedness, the child's archaic security needs (which are developmentally immature and of a grandiose and idealizing nature) either go unmet or are mismet.
These may be typified by situations in which the affect, plan, expectancy, need state, communication, or other function of the baby is unmet or mismet by the parent or caregiver.
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3Perhaps more than any other it illustrates both the meeting and the mismeeting of religion and psychology.
WiktionaryThe noble task of the teacher is to be attentive to his students, in order not to 'mismeet' the graced occasions of dialogue, as already noted.
WiktionaryHave you ever tried to talk with a stranger — on a blind date or one-on-one with a business associate — but could not find the words? We mismeet in relatively superficial and trivial conditions as wel
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