What does "misfill" mean?

The act of misfilling a prescription, order, or requirement.

Misfill

//mɪsˈfɪl// noun, verb

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Noun

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."
2
The act or result of misfilling a receptacle.
"Misfills became more prevalent with lower casting temperatures , and this problem was not completely eliminated."

Verb

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."
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."
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."

"A chorus girl who dabbles in smuggling falls in with a pharmacist who is fleeing a charge of murder after he misfills a prescription."

From mis- + fill.

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