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misengineer en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + engineer.

Meanings

1. To engineer badly or wrongly.
   • I think that some advantages can be gained by eliminating particularly noisy designs, designs that have been misengineered and developed, let's say, improper wear profiles on the surface— eliminate some of the compressions, eliminate the tendency of tires to wear into cups, and that sort of thing. 1972, United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Manufacturing and transportation noise (highway and air.), page 157:
   • Software is engineered (or perhaps misengineered) in all sorts of environments. 1990, Donald C. McDermid, Software Engineering for Information Systems, page 3:
   • Do not misengineer the interface. 2001, Adhesive Technology: Theoretical and Practical Guidelines, page 39:
   • It has no toxicological constraints other than the obvious but unlikely possibility of asphyxiation in a grossly misengineered and mismanaged production situation. 1996, Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and CarbonTetrachloride, page 3-44:

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