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misconfigure

misconfigure verb: to configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.

Verb

misconfigure (third-person singular simple present misconfigures, present participle misconfiguring, simple past and past participle misconfigured)

  1. (transitive) To configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.

Forms of misconfigure

third-person singular presentmisconfigures
present participlemisconfiguring
past participlemisconfigured
pastmisconfigured

Origin of misconfigure

From mis- + configure.

Questions about misconfigure

What does misconfigure mean?
Misconfigure means to configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.
What part of speech is misconfigure?
Misconfigure is a verb.
What is the past tense of misconfigure?
The past tense of misconfigure is misconfigured.

Words near misconfigure in the dictionary

  1. misconfident
  2. misconfides
  3. misconfiding
  4. misconfiguration
  5. misconfigurations
  6. misconfigure
  7. misconfigured
  8. misconfigures
  9. misconfiguring
  10. misconfirm
  11. misconfirmed

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