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misdispenses

misdispenses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misdispense.

misdispenses is the plural of misdispense.

Meaning of misdispense

Verb

misdispense (third-person singular simple present misdispenses, present participle misdispensing, simple past and past participle misdispensed)

  1. (transitive) To dispense incorrectly or amiss.
    • Even in a case where the doctor and the pharmacist somehow misprescribed and misdispensed, it seems obvious that the consumer would see that the product was for weight loss and would not accept it in place of an allergy relief medication.1981, The United States Patents Quarterly - Volume 209, page 74

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Questions about misdispenses

What is misdispenses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misdispenses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misdispense.

Words near misdispenses in the dictionary

  1. misdiscovered
  2. misdiscovering
  3. misdiscovers
  4. misdispense
  5. misdispensed
  6. misdispenses
  7. misdispensing
  8. misdisplay
  9. misdisplayed
  10. misdisplaying
  11. misdisplays

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