mispatch en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + patch.
Meanings
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(transitive) To patch wrongly.
When someone mispatches a cable, the subsequent repair job or hasty "What's wrong with this?" debugging often causes additional failures in short order.
2000, Network World, volume 17, number 50, page 82:Make sure you have a good boot disk in case anything goes wrong, as your computer probably won't boot with a mispatched COMMAND.COM.
1990, PC Mag, volume 9, number 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mispatched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mispatched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mispatches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mispatching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |