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misorchestrate en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + orchestrate.

Meanings

1. To orchestrate badly; to arrange diverse elements in a way that fails to achieve the desired goal.
   • The misorchestrated Kabisig — which, organizers will have the public know, is not a political party — is only one case in point. 1991, Rosario A. Garcellano, Mean Streets: Essays on the Knife Edge, page 211:
   • It is a story primarily of misorchestrated good intentions. 2018, Lorrie Moore, See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary:
   • Assuredly, participation could in some cases be misorchestrated in ways unnecessarily interfering with individual autonomy. 1995, Richard Sclove, Democracy and Technology, page 196:

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