misinstall

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ install

Verb

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

1. To install improperly or by mistake.
   • 1984, Allan C. Stover, ATE: Automatic Test Equipment, page 187:

     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.

   • 1996, Gene Schnaser, The Home Repair Emergency Handbook:

     Thermostats are quite reliable, but may not work because they are misinstalled, fall out of adjustment, need cleaning, or because components malfunction.

   • 2014, David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Love:

     A family, school, society, or religion can misinstall our sexuality. Then that dimension of our personality does not work for us in healthy ways.

   • 2018, William D. Kimmel, Daryl Gerke, Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment, page 227:

     Those experienced in such installations know what to do, but most construction crews do not—they will inevitably misinstall.

   • 2021, Ding Wang, Weizhi Meng, Jinguang Han, Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments:

     Malicious Apps often disguise as normal Apps, the common form is the free version of paid Apps, users often misinstall such malicious Apps.