misrelay

Pass along incorrectly

To misrelay is to relay something incorrectly—passing along a message, signal, or information with errors or distortions: The assistant misrelayed the instructions, causing confusion.

The word implies the failure happened in transmission rather than at the source.

miscommunication

garble

Distort into confusion

distortionTwisting from original state
miscommunicationFailed exchange of meaning
misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning

mistranslate · misinterpret · misconstrue · mishear · misreport · scramble · jumble · static · interference · noise

Opposites

accuracy of transmission

misrelayrelay

Stage-by-stage transmission

transmit · forward · convey

Family

relay, relayed, relaying, relays, lay, lays, laid, laying, layer

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