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mismanufacture en · NOUN

Etymology

From mis- + manufacture.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, process, or result of mismanufacturing.
    • One of them is the conflict between the need for a quick test to detect mismanufacture and the need for more prolonged tests with exclusion ability, i.e. one which can distinguish and exclude adhesive types known to be unsuitable in service. 2012, K.L. Mittal, Adhesive Joints: Formation, Characteristics, and Testing, page 397:
    • Negligent manufacture or mismanufacture most frequently involves an aberrance in the manufacture, inspection, or testing of a product that creates individual or multiple product mishaps. 1988, M. Stuart Madden, Products Liability - Volume 1, page 25:
    • The firm notes that value is important; closeouts, inventory overruns, mismanufactures, and items "whose time has not come" are featured. 2003, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal - Volume 59, Issues 7-12, page 89:
    • a manufacturer reasonably would expect coverage for mismanufactures during policy period; 1995, L. Neal Ellis, Charles D. Case, Toxic Tort and Hazardous Substance Litigation, page 239:

Forms

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mismanufacture en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + manufacture.

Meanings

  1. To manufacture improperly.
    • This is not to indicate that feeds are not mismanufactured and can and do create problems, which should and in most cases are handled by the company and insurance procedures. 1980, Minnesota Swine Herd Health Programming Conference, page 111:
    • We believe that Carlos Torres was probably the guy who mismanufactured the firing train which led to that bomb going off in Willie's hands. 1988, Richard H. Ward, Harold E. Smith, International Terrorism: Operational Issues, page 114:
    • Thus, "federal law provides no defense to the military contractor that mismanufactures military equipment or that is itself ultimately responsible for the design defect. 1990, Insurance Antitrust & Tort Reform Report, page 3:

Forms

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mismanufactures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mismanufacturing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mismanufactured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mismanufactured Tense=Past lexicographic