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misdesigning

misdesigning is the present participle and gerund of misdesign.

Meaning of misdesign

Verb

misdesign (third-person singular simple present misdesigns, present participle misdesigning, simple past and past participle misdesigned)

  1. (transitive) To design badly or incorrectly.
    • It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240

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Questions about misdesigning

What is misdesigning the present participle and gerund of?
Misdesigning is the present participle and gerund of misdesign.

Words near misdesigning in the dictionary

  1. misdescriptiveness
  2. misdesert
  3. misdeserts
  4. misdesign
  5. misdesigned
  6. misdesigning
  7. misdesigns
  8. misdesire
  9. misdesires
  10. misdetect
  11. misdetected

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