Miscreated

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. An entity has come into being through faulty processes or mistakes
2. A creation is the result of incorrect or flawed actions or methods
3. Produced or brought into existence in an abnormal or flawed way

Etymology: "Miscreated" is the past tense and past participle of "miscreate," a verb formed in English from the prefix "mis-" attached to "create." The prefix comes down from Old English "mis-," which meant "wrongly" or "amiss," and it was used in English to form new words meaning that an action was done badly or incorrectly. Its Germanic ancestry goes back to a shared root for going wrong, so "miscreate" is a plain English compound rather than a borrowing. The base verb "create" is itself a much older Latin word, "creare," meaning to bring forth or produce, so "miscreate" joins an inherited English prefix to a Latin-derived stem. The result describes something made through flawed methods, so the past participle "miscreated" refers to a thing that has been produced in a faulty or mistaken way.