misfuel

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verb

To fill a vehicle with the wrong type of fuel (usually petrol for diesel)

“The cost of misfueling”

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Meanings

verbmisfuel (third-person singular simple present misfuels, present participle (US) misfueling or (UK) misfuelling, simple past and past participle (US) misfueled or (UK) misfuelled)

present singular third person misfuels · US participle present misfueling · UK participle present misfuelling · US participle past misfueled · US past misfueled · UK participle past misfuelled · UK past misfuelled

  1. To fill a vehicle with the wrong type of fuel (usually petrol for diesel)

    The cost of misfueling

    2 more examples

    Misfuelling happens more than 400 times a day.

    To avoid misfuelling, diesel car owners could get a device that replaces the conventional fuel cap and prevents the petrol nozzle fitting in the tank.

    2015 September 12, Miles Brignall, “£9,000 bill for misfuelling has both driver and engine spluttering”, in The Guardian
Cite this entry
APA

misfuel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfuel

MLA

“misfuel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfuel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misfuel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misfuel.

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