well-engineeredadj.
/ˌwɛlɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlᵻndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rd/, /ˌwɛlˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rd/ Skilfully or properly engineered (in various senses).
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?1810 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) III. i. 148/2 The roads are good, and, upon the whole, well managed, though not always well engineered when first made.
1833 J. Stuart Three Years N. Amer. I. v. 66 The road..was in many parts rough, and not well engineered, but wide.
1863 O. J. Victor Hist. Amer. Conspiracies xii. 343 The struggle in the House over this well engineered bill was brief.
1902 J. A. Hobson Imperialism (2005) ii. vi. 354 Temporary set-backs to this movement under the stress of..some well-engineered political design are possible.
1953 Pop. Mech. Mar. 262/2 It is a well-engineered car with a surprising amount of acceleration, power and speed.
2006 R. T. Stein Computer Syst. Risk Managem. Life Cycle i. 4 Very few new defects will be discovered with the well-engineered system.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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