misvent

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ vent

Verb

misvent (third-person singular simple present misvents, present participle misventing, simple past and past participle misvented)

1. To vent improperly.
   • 2004, Proposed Idaho Spent Fuel Facility at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Butte County, Idaho., pages 4-28:

     In the event of misventing the transfer cask, a worker near the cask could receive a dose by inhaling contaminated atmosphere.

   • 2008, Susan Choi, A Person of Interest:

     From behind Whitehead's bulk, a white plume of misvented woodsmoke escaped out the door, and Lee remembered the stench of the cabin, or smelled it again, as it made its way across the cold to him.

   • 2014 June 1, Chris Cioffi, “Woman, daughter likely died from carbon monoxide; coroner identifies victims”, in Billings Gazette:

     They misvented the thing, or failed to vent it properly.