Miswired

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wired incorrectly; badly connected.

    "The astronauts removed all but one of the locks that had been placed on the mechanism to secure it for its trip to the station, leaving the last one until issues with one of the joint’s two drive locks — which apparently were miswired — could be resolved."

Example

More examples

"The astronauts removed all but one of the locks that had been placed on the mechanism to secure it for its trip to the station, leaving the last one until issues with one of the joint’s two drive locks — which apparently were miswired — could be resolved."

Etymology

From mis- + wired.

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