misdesign en · NOUN
Etymology
From mis- + design.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Bad or wrong design.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
misdesign en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + design.
Meanings
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(transitive) To design badly or incorrectly.
It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.
2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misdesigning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misdesigns | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| misdesigned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misdesigned | Tense=Past | lexicographic |