mismanipulate

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ manipulate.

Verb

mismanipulate (third-person singular simple present mismanipulates, present participle mismanipulating, simple past and past participle mismanipulated)

1. To manipulate badly; to operate in a way that does not achieve the intended result.
   • 1926, Coal Age - Volume 29, page 461:

     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.

   • 1932, The Railroad Telegrapher - Volume 49, page 146:

     We managed to mismanipulate the old bus so they would miss their train and stay over an extra day.

   • 1986, Sociocriticism - Issues 3-6, page 152:

     Anyway, cocksure and anxious to show off on the stage, the young student mismanipulates the chemicals under his helpless brother's eyes.

   • 2011, Zhendong Sun, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Stability Theory of Switched Dynamical Systems, page 170:

     Second, the switching device may mismanipulate in certain cases.