"miscalibrate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + calibrate",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "miscalibrates",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "miscalibrating",
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    },
    {
      "form": "miscalibrated",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, EEE - Volume 15, Issues 1-12",
          "text": "He can use that instrument every day and miscalibrate and misinspect a large percentage of the equipment he is supposed to certify.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2007 January 2, “Holding the Line”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But the relaxation of a few miscalibrated, onerous provisions is where this effort should end.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To calibrate poorly or wrongly."
      ],
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          "calibrate",
          "calibrate"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪsˈkælɪbɹeɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miscalibrate"
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  "etymology_text": "mis- + calibrate",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "miscalibrating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "miscalibrated",
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    },
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      "form": "miscalibrated",
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      ],
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        "To calibrate poorly or wrongly."
      ],
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          "calibrate",
          "calibrate"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪsˈkælɪbɹeɪt/"
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