Home › Words › M › misfillmisfill/ˈmɪsfɪl/misfill means the act of misfilling a prescription, order, or requirement.misfill is pronounced /ˈmɪsfɪl/.EtymologyFrom mis- + fill.nounThe act of misfilling a prescription, order, or requirement.The act or result of misfilling a receptacle.e.g.“Misfills became more prevalent with lower casting temperatures , and this problem was not completely eliminated.” — 1964, NASA Contractor Report - Issues 48-59:verbTo supply the wrong thing in response to an order, prescription, or requirement.e.g.“A chorus girl who dabbles in smuggling falls in with a pharmacist who is fleeing a charge of murder after he misfills a prescription.” — 1992, Gerald Martin Bordman, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle, page 256256:To fill a receptacle incorrectly; to fill with the wrong contents, the wrong amount, or at the wrong time.e.g.“As indeed it was, since Newell herself corrected all of the envelopes which Rushford had misfilled.” — 1953, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1217:To enter the wrong information into.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misprescription 65% match — The erroneous prescription of a medicine. vs misfill →misdispense 64% match — To dispense incorrectly or amiss. vs misfill →misinstall 59% match — To install improperly or by mistake. vs misfill →misprescribe 59% match — To prescribe (a medicine) erroneously. vs misfill →misfix 59% match — To fix improperly. vs misfill →misduplicate 57% match — To duplicate incorrectly. vs misfill →mismedication 57% match — Inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication. vs misfill →misprovide 57% match — To provide badly or wrongly. vs misfill →