mismanufacture

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ manufacture

Verb

mismanufacture (third-person singular simple present mismanufactures, present participle mismanufacturing, simple past and past participle mismanufactured)

1. To manufacture improperly.
   • 1980, Minnesota Swine Herd Health Programming Conference, page 111:

     This is not to indicate that feeds are not mismanufactured and can and do create problems, which should and in most cases are handled by the company and insurance procedures.

   • 1988, Richard H. Ward, Harold E. Smith, International Terrorism: Operational Issues, page 114:

     We believe that Carlos Torres was probably the guy who mismanufactured the firing train which led to that bomb going off in Willie's hands.

   • 1990, Insurance Antitrust & Tort Reform Report, page 3:

     Thus, "federal law provides no defense to the military contractor that mismanufactures military equipment or that is itself ultimately responsible for the design defect.

Noun

mismanufacture (countable and uncountable, plural mismanufactures)

1. The act, process, or result of mismanufacturing.
   • 1988, M. Stuart Madden, Products Liability - Volume 1, page 25:

     Negligent manufacture or mismanufacture most frequently involves an aberrance in the manufacture, inspection, or testing of a product that creates individual or multiple product mishaps.

   • 1995, L. Neal Ellis, Charles D. Case, Toxic Tort and Hazardous Substance Litigation, page 239:

     a manufacturer reasonably would expect coverage for mismanufactures during policy period;

   • 2003, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal - Volume 59, Issues 7-12, page 89:

     The firm notes that value is important; closeouts, inventory overruns, mismanufactures, and items "whose time has not come" are featured.

   • 2012, K.L. Mittal, Adhesive Joints: Formation, Characteristics, and Testing, page 397:

     One of them is the conflict between the need for a quick test to detect mismanufacture and the need for more prolonged tests with exclusion ability, i.e. one which can distinguish and exclude adhesive types known to be unsuitable in service.