misconfigure

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verb

To configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.

OriginEnglish configure ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmisconfigure (third-person singular simple present misconfigures, present participle misconfiguring, simple past and past participle misconfigured)

present singular third person misconfigures · participle present misconfiguring · participle past misconfigured · past misconfigured

  1. transitiveTo configure something incorrectly or suboptimally.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishconfigure
  10. Englishmisconfigure

From mis- + configure.

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Cite this entry
APA

misconfigure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconfigure

MLA

“misconfigure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconfigure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misconfigure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misconfigure.

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