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misinstallation en · NOUN

Etymology

From mis- + installation or misinstall + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An improper installation or the act of misinstalling.
   • If, in fact, misinstallation is the major cause—or a large cause—of fires, should we be encouraging, or even allowing, so much of the do-it-yourself approach in the business? 1978, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Home Insulation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, page 292:
   • For applications to recognize sensor misinstallation, they must take into account the data output produced by different types of misinstallation and potential strategies for recognition. 2011, Chris Beckmann, Sunny Consolvo, Anthony LaMarca, “Some Assembly Required”, in Nigel Davies, Elizabeth Mynatt, Itiro Siio, editors, UbiComp 2004: Ubiquitous Computing, page 119:
   • Using a videotape of actual installations, and zooming in on various parts of the building, the instructor could ask the inspectors to try to identify as many misinstallations as possible while the video played. 1996, Cynthia A. Hoover, Marjorie Greene, Construction Quality, Education, and Seismic Safety, page 25:

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