malconstructionn.
/ˌmalkənˈstrʌkʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmælkənˈstrəkʃən/ Now rare.
Imperfect or faulty construction.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > poor construction or well-constructedness
malconstruction1809
misconstruction1819
well-builtness1899
well-constructedness1975
1809 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. XIII. 65 ‘A roarer’; that is, a horse, which, owing to a mal-construction of the organs, makes a roaring noise.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 105 The only failures Mr. Krupp has made..have arisen from mal~construction.
1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 110 There is a very material malconstruction of the diaphragm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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