mispatch

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verb

To patch wrongly.

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Meanings

verbmispatch (third-person singular simple present mispatches, present participle mispatching, simple past and past participle mispatched)

present singular third person mispatches · participle present mispatching · participle past mispatched · past mispatched

  1. transitivecomputingTo patch wrongly.

    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
    1 more example

    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

Origin

From mis- + patch.

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APA

mispatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispatch

MLA

“mispatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mispatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispatch.

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