misorchestrate

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ orchestrate.

Verb

misorchestrate (third-person singular simple present misorchestrates, present participle misorchestrating, simple past and past participle misorchestrated)

1. To orchestrate badly; to arrange diverse elements in a way that fails to achieve the desired goal.
   • 1991, Rosario A. Garcellano, Mean Streets: Essays on the Knife Edge, page 211:

     The misorchestrated Kabisig — which, organizers will have the public know, is not a political party — is only one case in point.

   • 1995, Richard Sclove, Democracy and Technology, page 196:

     Assuredly, participation could in some cases be misorchestrated in ways unnecessarily interfering with individual autonomy.

   • 2018, Lorrie Moore, See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary:

     It is a story primarily of misorchestrated good intentions.