"misdispense" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981, The United States Patents Quarterly - Volume 209, page 74:",
          "text": "Even in a case where the doctor and the pharmacist somehow misprescribed and misdispensed, it seems obvious that the consumer would see that the product was for weight loss and would not accept it in place of an allergy relief medication.",
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          "ref": "2000, Michael Gray, Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan, page 88:",
          "text": "In America, local radio stations shaped the pop environment; in Britain, everything was obstructed, diluted, mishandled and misdispensed by BBC Radio, which had no idea what pop music was, didn't know how long it would last, didn't like or approve of it, and so hardly bothered to adapt to its demands.",
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          "ref": "2001, David L. Ulin, Another City: Writing from Los Angeles, page 40:",
          "text": "This meant that painkilling drugs being dripped into her system by a thin tube inserted into her back had somehow gone from being effectively delivered to the correct area, to getting misdispensed into some anatomical no-man's-land where they gave her no relief at all.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Albert I Wertheimer, Delbert Konnor, Pharmacy Law Desk Reference, page 119:",
          "text": "A claims-made basis means the accident (i.e., misdispensed prescription order) must occur during the policy period (or extended policy periods during which the insurance is renewed) and the claim must be made, or reported, during the same period.",
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        "To dispense incorrectly or amiss."
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        "(transitive) To dispense incorrectly or amiss."
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          "ref": "1979 October 15, Marguerite Zientara, “Citibank Starts 273-Branch 'Universal Teller'”, in Computerworld, volume 13, number 42, page 11:",
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          "text": "If a loss occurs as a result of a problem or \"misdispense\" at an ATM, adjustment policies and procedures are in place which provide for a return of funds, if appropriate.",
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          "text": "Up to $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be transferred to the general fund state purposes account of the office of temporary and disability assistance for costs of implementing an electronic benefit transfer system, including, but not limited to, an EBT misdispense claims unit.",
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          "ref": "2000, Michael Gray, Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan, page 88:",
          "text": "In America, local radio stations shaped the pop environment; in Britain, everything was obstructed, diluted, mishandled and misdispensed by BBC Radio, which had no idea what pop music was, didn't know how long it would last, didn't like or approve of it, and so hardly bothered to adapt to its demands.",
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          "text": "A claims-made basis means the accident (i.e., misdispensed prescription order) must occur during the policy period (or extended policy periods during which the insurance is renewed) and the claim must be made, or reported, during the same period.",
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        "(transitive) To dispense incorrectly or amiss."
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          "text": "As for machine-made mistakes — the \"misdispense rate\" — it is lower with Citibank's system than \"any automated dispensing device that we know of,\" Judd said.",
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          "text": "If a loss occurs as a result of a problem or \"misdispense\" at an ATM, adjustment policies and procedures are in place which provide for a return of funds, if appropriate.",
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          "text": "Up to $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be transferred to the general fund state purposes account of the office of temporary and disability assistance for costs of implementing an electronic benefit transfer system, including, but not limited to, an EBT misdispense claims unit.",
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