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misengineer

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To engineer badly or wrongly.

Examples

“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.”
“Software is engineered (or perhaps misengineered) in all sorts of environments.”
“It has no toxicological constraints other than the obvious but unlikely possibility of asphyxiation in a grossly misengineered and mismanaged production situation.”
“Do not misengineer the interface.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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