miswater

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ water

Verb

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.