misspecify

verb

Etymology

From mis- + specify.

  1. derived from specificō
  2. derived from specifier
  3. inherited from specifien
  4. prefixed as misspecify — “mis + specify

Definitions

  1. To specify wrongly.

    • Any performance analysis based on stochastic simulation is subject to the errors inherent in misspecifying the modeling assumptions, particularly the input distributions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misspecify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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