"misengineer" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + engineer",
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          "ref": "1972, United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Manufacturing and transportation noise (highway and air.), page 157",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1990, Donald C. McDermid, Software Engineering for Information Systems, page 3",
          "text": "Software is engineered (or perhaps misengineered) in all sorts of environments.",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses, and CarbonTetrachloride, page 3-44",
          "text": "It has no toxicological constraints other than the obvious but unlikely possibility of asphyxiation in a grossly misengineered and mismanaged production situation.",
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Adhesive Technology: Theoretical and Practical Guidelines, page 39",
          "text": "Do not misengineer the interface.",
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        "To engineer badly or wrongly."
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  "word": "misengineer"
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  "etymology_text": "mis- + engineer",
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          "ref": "1972, United States. Office of Noise Abatement and Control, Manufacturing and transportation noise (highway and air.), page 157",
          "text": "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.",
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