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misstock en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + stock.

Meanings

1. To stock improperly.
   • Locations needed to be spot checked as a quality control measure to ensure that parts were not misstocked or miscounted. 2007 May-June, Major Shawn P. Ward, “Spare Parts Recovery and Storage at Camp Taji”, in Army Logistician, volume 39, number 3, page 43:
   • “Someone misstocked the drug cabinet,” he repeated in a louder voice. 2009, Gail Fraser, The Promise of Lumby:
   • Or perhaps the nurse didn't check the drug name properly, the technician misread the prescription, or someone misstocked the shelves? 2013, S. Lochlann Jain, Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us, page 90:
   • He knew he'd probably misstocked a few items in his distracted state. 2014, Paul Andrews, Swept Away: A Johnstown Flood Novella:

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