misincentive

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What does misincentive mean?

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

Where does misincentive come from?

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.

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