"mispatch" meaning in English

See mispatch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mispatches [present, singular, third-person], mispatching [participle, present], mispatched [participle, past], mispatched [past]
Etymology: mis- + patch Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|patch}} mis- + patch Head templates: {{en-verb}} mispatch (third-person singular simple present mispatches, present participle mispatching, simple past and past participle mispatched)
  1. (transitive, computing) To patch wrongly. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mispatch meaning in English (1.9kB)

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