misorchestrate

verb

misorchestrate

verb

Etymology From mis- + orchestrate.

1

To orchestrate badly; to arrange diverse elements in a way that fails to achieve the desired goal.

  • The misorchestrated Kabisig — which, organizers will have the public know, is not a political party — is only one case in point.1991, Rosario A. Garcellano, Mean Streets: Essays on the Knife Edge, page 211:
  • Assuredly, participation could in some cases be misorchestrated in ways unnecessarily interfering with individual autonomy.1995, Richard Sclove, Democracy and Technology, page 196:
1 more example
  • It is a story primarily of misorchestrated good intentions.2018, Lorrie Moore, See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary:

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