misbuild
misbuild verb: to build wrongly or badly.
Verb
misbuild (third-person singular simple present misbuilds, present participle misbuilding, simple past and past participle misbuilt)
- To build wrongly or badly.
- With a violent effort of packing and scheming (e.g., a box of books with cross-bars in it, and shelves which were to be put in, and make the box a press, &c. &c.), in all which Larkin and Maggie Welsh assisted diligently, I got down to Marina on one of the first days of May [Sat., 14 May]. Dreary...1864, Thomas Carlyle, [Letter to Joseph Neuberg] [Letter 283], volume 40, Carlyle Letters Online
- Plymouth Valiant, Dodge Dart, 1976. Vehicles equipped with police packages. Possibility that power steering system components, including oil cooler, front pump mounting bracket, pump reservoir and cooler and return hoses, were misbuilt due to build specification computer error. Misbuilt...1976, Domestic and Foreign Vehicle Manufacturers, “I. Domestic § Chrysler Corporation”, in United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, editor, Safety Related Recall Campaigns for...
- Synonyms:
- misconstruct
Synonyms of misbuild
Forms of misbuild
| third-person singular present | misbuilds |
|---|---|
| present participle | misbuilding |
| past participle | misbuilt |
| past | misbuilt |
Origin of misbuild
From mis- + build.
Questions about misbuild
- What does misbuild mean?
- Misbuild means to build wrongly or badly.
- What part of speech is misbuild?
- Misbuild is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misbuild?
- The past tense of misbuild is misbuilt.
Words near misbuild in the dictionary
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