mispick
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The accidental substitution of an incorrect item in the fulfilment of an order.
noun
Example Sentences
- "To reduce the likelihood of a mispick the engagement should be delayed as long as possible so that when the loom stops, the reed is as close as possible to the cloth fell."
- "The weft detector comprises a warp tension sensor for detecting the temporary rise during beating and a control circuit connected to the warp tension sensor for stopping the operation of the loom upon detection of the mispick, that is, in the absence of the temporary raise in the warp tension."
- "If a mispick occurs, the feature automatically removes the mispick and restarts the loom."
- "Cohune said he estimates that each mispick costs about $80 in lost time and shipping costs — seven times more than filling a customer's order correctly the first time."
- "If this is indeed true, then the data will not appear to support the hypothesis that mispick probability should decrease with an increase in pack ratio."
- "There are many calculations for the cost of a mispick."