"misinstall" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + install.",
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      "form": "misinstalls",
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      "form": "misinstalling",
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      "form": "misinstalled",
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      "form": "misinstalled",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1984, Allan C. Stover, ATE: Automatic Test Equipment, page 187:",
          "text": "If possible, the evaluator should insert the same type of defects (or simulate the defects) that occur in the components of the circuits involved. If a particular decoder chip on a certain board is often misinstalled, for example, one should misinstall the component.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Gene Schnaser, The Home Repair Emergency Handbook:",
          "text": "Thermostats are quite reliable, but may not work because they are misinstalled, fall out of adjustment, need cleaning, or because components malfunction.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Love:",
          "text": "A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality. Then that dimension of our personality does not work for us in healthy ways.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, William D. Kimmel, Daryl Gerke, Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment, page 227:",
          "text": "Those experienced in such installations know what to do, but most construction crews do not—they will inevitably misinstall.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Ding Wang, Weizhi Meng, Jinguang Han, Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments:",
          "text": "Malicious Apps often disguise as normal Apps, the common form is the free version of paid Apps, users often misinstall such malicious Apps.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To install improperly or by mistake."
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          "improperly",
          "improperly"
        ],
        [
          "by mistake",
          "by mistake"
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  "word": "misinstall"
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  "etymology_text": "From mis- + install.",
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          "ref": "1984, Allan C. Stover, ATE: Automatic Test Equipment, page 187:",
          "text": "If possible, the evaluator should insert the same type of defects (or simulate the defects) that occur in the components of the circuits involved. If a particular decoder chip on a certain board is often misinstalled, for example, one should misinstall the component.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Gene Schnaser, The Home Repair Emergency Handbook:",
          "text": "Thermostats are quite reliable, but may not work because they are misinstalled, fall out of adjustment, need cleaning, or because components malfunction.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Love:",
          "text": "A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality. Then that dimension of our personality does not work for us in healthy ways.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, William D. Kimmel, Daryl Gerke, Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment, page 227:",
          "text": "Those experienced in such installations know what to do, but most construction crews do not—they will inevitably misinstall.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Ding Wang, Weizhi Meng, Jinguang Han, Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments:",
          "text": "Malicious Apps often disguise as normal Apps, the common form is the free version of paid Apps, users often misinstall such malicious Apps.",
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        "To install improperly or by mistake."
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          "improperly",
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          "by mistake",
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