miswater

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ water.

Verb

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miswater (third-person singular simple present miswaters, present participle miswatering, simple past and past participle miswatered)

  1. To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
    • 1974, The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, page 13:
      As a further guide, however, the principal effects of miswatering are summarised below:
    • 1985, David L. Hamilton, Maintenance Techniques for Interior Plants, page 1:
      Sometimes you may miswater a plant, but one mistake is never fatal.
    • 1993, Greenhouse Manager - Volume 12, page 39:
      Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered.
    • 1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70:
      Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can miswater, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it.