mispile

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verb

To pile badly.

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Meanings

verbmispile (third-person singular simple present mispiles, present participle mispiling, simple past and past participle mispiled)

present singular third person mispiles · participle present mispiling · participle past mispiled · past mispiled

  1. To pile badly.

    Am unable to say whether this was mispiled by Vandalia No. 7 or missent from St. Louis office.

    1890, Lovisa Ellen Barnes, How to Become Expert in Typewriting, page 70
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    Usually, the mispiled objects fell or the inadequately placed objects toppled over and struck workmen.

    1953, BLS Report, page 23

    Junk or mispiled material crowds the aisles and work places and makes it hard to get around and work without bumping ourselves or coming dangerously close to moving machinery.

    1957, Industrial Supervisor - Volumes 25-26, page 7

Origin

From mis- + pile.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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