Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misconfigure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-con-fig-ure
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English configure English misconfigure From mis- + configure.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

misconfigures (present, singular) misconfiguring (participle, present) misconfigured (participle, past) misconfigured (past)

Questions

What does misconfigure mean?: To configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.
Where does misconfigure come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English configure English misconfigure From mis- + configure.

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