missignal

verb

1. (transitive)To signal wrongly or in error

   “These problems refer to difficulties incurred when a staff member ( or members ) becomes confused in interaction and either missignals or gives confusing signals as to social role.”

   “False start II does not actively mis-signal what the new chapter is about.”

   “At birth genitals are thus viewed as symbolically and literally revealing the truth of gender. At no time are the connections between genitals and gender more evident than when the genitalia of an infant either do not signal or else missignal sex.”

noun

1. A bad or incorrect signal

   “Is the signalling problem a reason not to pursue the policy, or is it a reason to deal with how to prevent the missignal by means of adequate disclosure?”

   “There was a missignal on the goal line and Newhall having no one to pass the ball to stuck it under his arm and made a successful quarter back run for a touch down.”

   “However, government intervention in asset prices such as stocks and bonds destroys the most powerful signals the economy generates and instead creates artificial missignals, thus distorting incentives.”