miscomposes

Verb

miscompose (third-person singular simple present miscomposes, present participle miscomposing, simple past and past participle miscomposed)

1. To produce a defective product or outcome.
   • And, grieved that lives so matched should miscompose, Each mourn the double waste; and question dare To the Great Dame whence incarnation flows, Why those high-purposed children never were: What will she answer?1866, Thomas Hardy, Nature's Indifference
2. To arrange an artistic work in a disharmonious way.
   • The Leipzig Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung said that the favourite composer of the Viennese 'has in this case positively miscomposed', but the London Harmonicon considered that the Fantasy possessed 'merit far above the common order'.1985, Charles Osborne, Schubert and his Vienna, page 160
3. To make up out of the wrong ingredients or the wrong proportions of ingredients.
   • To give examples of the way our native regiments are miscomposed. In a certain cavalry regiment there are one and a half squadrons Sikhs, one-half squadron Hindustani Hindus, one-half squadron Hindustani Mahomedans, three-quarter squadron Punjabi Mussalmans, and three-quarter squadron Pathans.1904, The United Service Magazine - Volume 30, page 372
4. To typeset incorrectly.
   • It was purposely miscomposed , as a protection against forged labels on bottles from other and inferior distilleries.1936, Christopher Sidgwick, German Journey, page 27