Misdispense
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An act of misdispensing.
"As for machine-made mistakes — the "misdispense rate" — it is lower with Citibank's system than "any automated dispensing device that we know of," Judd said."
- 1 To dispense incorrectly or amiss. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From mis- + dispense.
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