misdispense
/mɪsdɪsˈpɛns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of misdispensing.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In America, local radio stations shaped the pop environment; in Britain, everything was obstructed, diluted, mishandled and misdispensed by BBC Radio, which had no idea what pop music was, didn't know how long it would last, didn't like or approve of it, and so hardly bothered to adapt to its demands."
- "This meant that painkilling drugs being dripped into her system by a thin tube inserted into her back had somehow gone from being effectively delivered to the correct area, to getting misdispensed into some anatomical no-man's-land where they gave her no relief at all."
- "A claims-made basis means the accident (i.e., misdispensed prescription order) must occur during the policy period (or extended policy periods during which the insurance is renewed) and the claim must be made, or reported, during the same period."
- "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."
- "If a loss occurs as a result of a problem or "misdispense" at an ATM, adjustment policies and procedures are in place which provide for a return of funds, if appropriate."