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misblend en · NOUN

From mis- + blend.

The act or result of misblending.
- Refinery blending schedules are seldom followed exactly because of unexpected developments including early or late barge arrivals, misblends, etc. 1968, 1968 IFAC Symposium, Optimal Systems Planning, page 227:
- The witness Gorman however seemed to attach blame to Arrowood for repeatedly reporting misblends during these weeks, when actually no wrong weights could be determined. 1970, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board:
- The viscosity is obviously a very important property, but it must be remembered that for multigrade oils, a low or high viscosity can be due to either a misblend of the base oils or an incorrect amount of viscosity improver. 2018, R. David Whitby, Lubricant Blending and Quality Assurance:

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misblends	Number=Plur		lexicographic

From mis- + blend.

To blend incorrectly.
- Components of actions can also get misblended, usually when two or more activated schemas are triggered simultaneously. 1986, Daniel Goleman, David Heller, The Pleasures of psychology, page 96:
- If this fuel is misblended, as sometimes happened in the mid-1980s, it can permanently damage a fuel system. 1996, Chek Chart, Engine Performance Diagnosis and Tune-Up, page 44:
- On May 3, 1988, Mr. [C] misblended about 35,000 pounds of coffee. 1990, Commerce Clearing House, Labor Arbitration Awards - Volume 90, Issue 2, page 5070:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
misblended	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
misblended	Tense=Past		lexicographic
misblending	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
misblends	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
misblent	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	obsolete	lexicographic
misblent	Tense=Past	obsolete	lexicographic