"misspray" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "mis- + spray",
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          "ref": "1976, American Society for Testing and Materials, Child-resistant Packaging, page 27",
          "text": "Directionality in an aerosol overcap is a matter of degree. All of these units can be missprayed if one tries hard enough.",
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        {
          "ref": "1982, Geo - Volume 4, Issue 1, page 92",
          "text": "To avoid misspraying, a pilot will check wind direction from the smoke of burning tires.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Dennis W. Parks, How to Paint Your Car, page 111",
          "text": "An impurity passed into your gun could cause it to misspray or clog, creating a lot of extra work fixing the paint surface and your spray gun.",
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        "To spray incorrectly."
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Tharran E. Gaines, How to Paint Your Tractor, page 103",
          "text": "This is your last chance to prevent any impurities or clumps from entering spray gun passages and causing a clog or misspray.",
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          "ref": "2010, Henry Porter, Brandenburg",
          "text": "They worked in silence for about half an hour before removing the masking tape and scraping at the missprays.",
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          "ref": "2012, Kansas History - Volume 35, page 123",
          "text": "This allowed operators to quickly discover if their tanks were leaking or if a misspray occurred.",
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          "ref": "1982, Geo - Volume 4, Issue 1, page 92",
          "text": "To avoid misspraying, a pilot will check wind direction from the smoke of burning tires.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To spray incorrectly."
      ],
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2010, Henry Porter, Brandenburg",
          "text": "They worked in silence for about half an hour before removing the masking tape and scraping at the missprays.",
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