misbuy

present singular third person misbuys · participle present misbuying · participle past misbought · past misbought · alternative mis-buy

1. transitiveTo buy in error or regretfully.

   Did the salesperson mis-sell or did the buyer mis-buy?

   2013, Adrian Palmer, EBOOK: Principles of Services Marketing, page 435

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   We are giving special attention to the wants of Canadian misbuying Manitoba wheat and other grains.

   1918, The Northwestern Miller, volume 113, page 995

   The pensions industry has fresh scars from the personal pensions mis-selling episode, and is now wary of accusations that people have been allowed to 'mis-buy' financial products such as stakeholder pensions.

   2002, Richard Brooks, Peter Robinson, A New Contract for Retirement, page 23

   Now as we bury him treasure and cry over your jewel, you realize hmm...you mistraught it, misbought it […]

   2008, Marcelles Brown, Blanche Brown, Color Spectrums of the Mind, page 73

   That 'thing', on wish.com, find the RIGHT one, THAT color PINK, I misbought for other before and meh... and a price of... that of a BIOS.

   2017, Alexander P. M. van den Bosch, Zwoerd, page 7

   As you might expect, conduct regulators are very interested in any form of bias that leads people to underestimate a risk, or to mis-buy a contract, or to be (perhaps unwittingly) colluding in activity that distorts fair market-making.

   2021, Roger Miles, Culture Audit in Financial Services, page 71

plural misbuys · alternative mis-buy

1. An erroneous buy; a purchase made in error or by mistake; a purchase made without proper understanding, research, or consideration, often leading to regret.

   Forget the misbuys after you have profited by them and lay stress upon the new.

   1930, Southern Furniture Journal, volume 59, page 3

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   There is likewise the necessity to "unload" misbuys in case the grocer finds himself "stung" with some new commodity that seems glued to the shelves.

   1938, National Grocers Bulletin, volume 25, page 20