misengineer

Etymology

From mis- + engineer.

misengineer means to engineer badly or wrongly. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To engineer badly or wrongly.“I think that some advantages can be gained by eliminating particularly noisy designs, designs that have been misengineered and developed, let's say, improper wear profiles on the surface— eliminate some of the compressions, eliminate the tendency of tires to wear into cups, and that sort of thing.”