miscompose verb5 •To compose badly. •To produce a defective product or outcome.A study of the script reveals spelling mistakes and miscomposed letters, due to the incompetence of the engraver (and/or the incorrectness of his model). — 2011 •To arrange an artistic work in a disharmonious way.We could easily miscompose this so that the time-scales of the two hands matched "better": — 1988 •To make up out of the wrong ingredients or the wrong proportions of ingredients. •To typeset incorrectly.It was purposely miscomposed , as a protection against forged labels on bottles from other and inferior distilleries. — 1936 formsmiscomposed · miscomposing · miscomposes