misstock
misstock verb: to stock improperly.
Verb
misstock (third-person singular simple present misstocks, present participle misstocking, simple past and past participle misstocked)
- To stock improperly.
- Locations needed to be spot checked as a quality control measure to ensure that parts were not misstocked or miscounted.2007 May-June, Major Shawn P. Ward, “Spare Parts Recovery and Storage at Camp Taji”, in Army Logistician, volume 39, number 3, page 43
- “Someone misstocked the drug cabinet,” he repeated in a louder voice.2009, Gail Fraser, The Promise of Lumby
Examples of misstock in a sentence
- Or perhaps the nurse didn't check the drug name properly, the technician misread the prescription, or someone misstocked the shelves?2013, S. Lochlann Jain, Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us, page 90:
- He knew he'd probably misstocked a few items in his distracted state.2014, Paul Andrews, Swept Away: A Johnstown Flood Novella:
Forms of misstock
| third-person singular present | misstocks |
|---|---|
| present participle | misstocking |
| past participle | misstocked |
| past | misstocked |
Origin of misstock
From mis- + stock.
Questions about misstock
- What does misstock mean?
- Misstock means to stock improperly.
- How do you use misstock in a sentence?
- Or perhaps the nurse didn't check the drug name properly, the technician misread the prescription, or someone misstocked the shelves?
- What part of speech is misstock?
- Misstock is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misstock?
- The past tense of misstock is misstocked.
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