Sekirov Dictionary

misfill

/mɪsˈfɪl/

verb 3
/ˈmɪsfɪl/ noun 2
forms 3

verb3

•
To fill a receptacle incorrectly; to fill with the wrong contents, the wrong amount, or at the wrong time.
- As indeed it was, since Newell herself corrected all of the envelopes which Rushford had misfilled. — 1953
•
To supply the wrong thing in response to an order, prescription, or requirement.
- A chorus girl who dabbles in smuggling falls in with a pharmacist who is fleeing a charge of murder after he misfills a prescription. — 1992
•
To enter the wrong information into.
- The other point was on this question of accommodation of the Serjeant at Arms, which you rather suggested he gave up out of charity after it had been misfilled by the lobby correspondents? — 1953

misfill

/ˈmɪsfɪl/

noun2

•
The act or result of misfilling a receptacle.
- Misfills became more prevalent with lower casting temperatures , and this problem was not completely eliminated. — 1964
•
The act of misfilling a prescription, order, or requirement.
- Neither the Plaintiff nor Margarita's mother was aware that the prescription had been misfilled or that the misfill was failing to inhibit the blockage of her airway. — 1998

forms

misfilled · misfilling · misfills

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