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mismix

mismix verb: to mix improperly.

Verb

mismix (third-person singular simple present mismixes, present participle mismixing, simple past and past participle mismixed)

  1. To mix improperly.
    • You can't mismix, and that's a timesaver.1989, American Printer - Volume 204, page 32
    • "I mismixed some treatment for fungicide on tomatoes," he remembers, "and I killed every one of them, probably more than 50 plants. We had to buy tomatoes to can that year."1989, Acres, U.S.A. - Volume 18, page 7435

Noun

mismix (countable and uncountable, plural mismixes)

  1. The act, process, or result of mismixing.
    • But for the most part, when Filipinos are by themselves, in more intimate circles (parties, house calls, etc.) their talk usually reverts to the native (Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, etc.) or to a pigeonized version ( “mismix” ) of English.1970, Asian Studies - Volumes 7-8, page 172
    • In addition to undercure effects, mismixes of two-part liquid systems are also capable of producing deleterious effects, such as reduced chemical resistance, increased moisture absorption, and reduced insulation resistance.1991, Tautscher, Contamination Effects on Electronic Products, page 477

Examples of mismix in a sentence

  • Mismatch your loads, or mismix your concrete, and floors tilt.1995, Stephen M. Pompea, Current Perspectives in Astronomy and Physics: Selected Readings, page 245:
  • Today I lost count and mismixed my inks.2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D., page 128:
  • We have had incidents in the custodial area dealing with chemical safety , a mismix of chemicals without any standards in place.2007, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Workplace Safety, page 50:
  • The existence of concentrated premixes of these minerals raises the risk of feed mismixes resulting in the accidental feeding of high, potentially toxic levels of these elements.2013, Barbara E. Straw, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, Sylvie D'Allaire, Diseases of Swine, page 971:

Forms of mismix

Verb
third-person singular presentmismixes
present participlemismixing
past participlemismixed
pastmismixed
Noun
pluralmismixes

Origin of mismix

From mis- + mix.

Questions about mismix

What does mismix mean?
Mismix means to mix improperly.
How do you use mismix in a sentence?
Mismatch your loads, or mismix your concrete, and floors tilt.
What part of speech is mismix?
Mismix can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mismix?
The past tense of mismix is mismixed.

Words near mismix in the dictionary

  1. misminded
  2. mismirror
  3. mismirrored
  4. mismirroring
  5. mismirrors
  6. mismix
  7. mismixed
  8. mismixes
  9. mismixing
  10. mismodel
  11. mismodeled

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