mismanipulate
verbEtymology From mis- + manipulate.
1
To manipulate badly; to operate in a way that does not achieve the intended result.
- By a system of shafts, levers and links the overwinding and overspeeding device which is geared to the depth indicator is attached to the hoist-control lever in such a way that the machine would be stopped automatically should the hoistman mismanipulate his levers at the beginning or end of a hoist.1926, Coal Age - Volume 29, page 461:
- We managed to mismanipulate the old bus so they would miss their train and stay over an extra day.1932, The Railroad Telegrapher - Volume 49, page 146:
2 more examples
- Anyway, cocksure and anxious to show off on the stage, the young student mismanipulates the chemicals under his helpless brother's eyes.1986, Sociocriticism - Issues 3-6, page 152:
- Second, the switching device may mismanipulate in certain cases.2011, Zhendong Sun, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Stability Theory of Switched Dynamical Systems, page 170: