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Meaning of misengineer | Babel Free

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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