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misprogram

vb. (context transitive English) To program incorrectly.

Usage examples of "misprogram".

As long as we calculated our adjusted mass ourselves, Darla's misprogrammed parameter was no hazard.

How Old Blue had to be something more than a misprogrammed piece of metal, because their tragedy would be so much less if it were only that.

The refugees, who like everything else had lost some critical degree of definition, ran from it like misprogrammed robots, tripping and scrambling and shouting in childish terror.

Perhaps the robot industries have encountered such misprogramming before but have always managed to catch it before much damage was done, and to quiet the news media about it.