misblend

present singular third person misblends · participle present misblending · participle past misblended · past misblended · obsolete participle past misblent · obsolete past misblent

1. To blend incorrectly.

   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

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   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

plural misblends

1. 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

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   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