misfill

Verb

misfill (third-person singular simple present misfills, present participle misfilling, simple past and past participle misfilled)

1. 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, Gerald Martin Bordman, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, page 256256
   • Mr. Miller, a man who once fixed dents in the fuselages of jets and felt pride in his craft whenever a plane soared overhead, darts between the counter and the food pickup shelf, back and forth, a hundred times a day, careful not to misfill an order.1996, Kenneth J. Neubeck, Davita Silfen Glasberg, Sociology: a critical approach, page 28
2. 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, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1217
   • Vaporizers not equipped with keyed fillers have been occasionally misfilled with the wrong anesthetic liquid.2013, Paul Barash, Bruce F. Cullen, Robert K. Stoelting, Clinical Anesthesia
3. To enter the wrong information into.
   • The filling up of forms is not regarded as an especially amusing occupation, but the people who have to read the forms that you misfill when you insure your life get some fun to know the cause of death of your father and mother or if they are living.1922, Listen to These, page 230
   • 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, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 6, page 27

Noun

IPA/ˈmɪsfɪl/

misfill (plural misfills)

1. The act of misfilling a prescription, order, or requirement.
   • Do not pass the misfill off as some minor incident, but demonstrate to the customer that this does not frequently occur in your store and express your sincere apologies and try to make amends to the satisfaction of the customer.1980, Helen Wetherbee, Bruce David White, Cases and Materials on Pharmacy Law, page 290
   • 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, New Mexico. Supreme Court, Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico, page 265
2. The act or result of misfilling a receptacle.
   • Misfills became more prevalent with lower casting temperatures , and this problem was not completely eliminated.1964, NASA Contractor Report - Issues 48-59
   • The machine will also remove valves with no damage to the can in case of error or misfill.1973, Soap, Cosmetics, Chemical Specialties - Volume 49, page 86