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miswired

miswired adjective: wired incorrectly; badly connected.

Adjective

miswired (comparative more miswired, superlative most miswired)

  1. Wired incorrectly; badly connected.
    • The astronauts removed all but one of the locks that had been placed on the mechanism to secure it for its trip to the station, leaving the last one until issues with one of the joint’s two drive locks — which apparently were miswired — could be resolved.2007 June 14, John Schwartz, “Computer Flaw Could Imperil Space Station”, in New York Times

Forms of miswired

comparativemore miswired
superlativemost miswired

Origin of miswired

From mis- + wired.

Questions about miswired

What does miswired mean?
Miswired means wired incorrectly; badly connected.
What part of speech is miswired?
Miswired is an adjective.

Words near miswired in the dictionary

  1. miswields
  2. miswind
  3. miswinding
  4. miswinds
  5. miswire
  6. miswired
  7. miswires
  8. miswiring
  9. miswirings
  10. misword
  11. misworded

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