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misinstall

misinstall verb: to install improperly or by mistake.

Verb

misinstall (third-person singular simple present misinstalls, present participle misinstalling, simple past and past participle misinstalled)

  1. To install improperly or by mistake.
    • If possible, the evaluator should insert the same type of defects (or simulate the defects) that occur in the components of the circuits involved. If a particular decoder chip on a certain board is often misinstalled, for example, one should misinstall the component.1984, Allan C. Stover, ATE: Automatic Test Equipment, page 187
    • Thermostats are quite reliable, but may not work because they are misinstalled, fall out of adjustment, need cleaning, or because components malfunction.1996, Gene Schnaser, The Home Repair Emergency Handbook

Examples of misinstall in a sentence

  • A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality.2014, David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Love:
  • Those experienced in such installations know what to do, but most construction crews do not—they will inevitably misinstall.2018, William D. Kimmel, Daryl Gerke, Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment, page 227:
  • Malicious Apps often disguise as normal Apps, the common form is the free version of paid Apps, users often misinstall such malicious Apps.2021, Ding Wang, Weizhi Meng, Jinguang Han, Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments:

Forms of misinstall

third-person singular presentmisinstalls
present participlemisinstalling
past participlemisinstalled
pastmisinstalled

Origin of misinstall

From mis- + install.

Words formed from misinstall

Questions about misinstall

What does misinstall mean?
Misinstall means to install improperly or by mistake.
How do you use misinstall in a sentence?
A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality.
What part of speech is misinstall?
Misinstall is a verb.
What is the past tense of misinstall?
The past tense of misinstall is misinstalled.

Words near misinstall in the dictionary

  1. misinspiration
  2. misinspire
  3. misinspired
  4. misinspires
  5. misinspiring
  6. misinstall
  7. misinstallation
  8. misinstallations
  9. misinstalled
  10. misinstalling
  11. misinstalls

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