verb
- changes or modifies something incorrectly or inappropriately
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'misalter'
Examples
- The editor misalters the original text by removing key passages.
- Improper storage misalters the chemical composition of the medicine.
- He misalters the recipe and ruins the dish.
- The software misalters the image quality when compressing files.
- Careless handling misalters the delicate instrument's calibration.