"miswire" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: miswires [present, singular, third-person], miswiring [participle, present], miswired [participle, past], miswired [past]
Etymology: mis- + wire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|wire}} mis- + wire Head templates: {{en-verb}} miswire (third-person singular simple present miswires, present participle miswiring, simple past and past participle miswired)
  1. (transitive) To wire incorrectly. Tags: transitive Translations (to wire incorrectly): felkoppla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-miswire-en-verb-1r1j9Vij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

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