misinstall
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To install improperly or by mistake.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Thermostats are quite reliable, but may not work because they are misinstalled, fall out of adjustment, need cleaning, or because components malfunction."
- "A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality. Then that dimension of our personality does not work for us in healthy ways."
- "Those experienced in such installations know what to do, but most construction crews do not—they will inevitably misinstall."
- "Malicious Apps often disguise as normal Apps, the common form is the free version of paid Apps, users often misinstall such malicious Apps."