mispunch
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To punch a hole in the wrong place.
noun
An act or result of mispunching (any sense).
Example Sentences
- "Unlike the computer, the researcher may very well tire of running regression coefficients after the first dozen or two, and begin to misread his data or mispunch the buttons on his desk calculator."
- "IRS operators mispunch computer keys all the time."
- "There are ample opportunities to omit data or make incorrect entries on the coding sheets or to transpose or mispunch data on the keypunch."
- "No, you did not mispunch the calculator. Yes, you really will pay that much for the house!"
- "As will be seen by the accompanying sketch to use this cutter, it is not necessary to punch any holes in sheet before taken to drill press. All that is required is ordinary center punch mark, thereby saving time and labor, also avoiding the liability of workman spoiling the sheet by mispunched hole."
- "Nevertheless, within 4 weeks of the transfer, a written warning was issued to Linnet, dated Friday, January 5, "1972," (an apparent typographical error), stating that Linnet in the last 3 weeks mispunched an excessive number of holes, requiring welding, grinding, and repunching;"