miscancel

Definitions

1. To cancel by mistake.
2. To make a mistake in the process of cancelling.

Examples

“No one will ever discover⟳ it, and, if they do, the lady has only to say⟳ that she stupidly miscanceled.”

“The optical path external to the UHV chamber has to be purged with dry air, or held at rough vacuum, so that water vapor and CO₂ levels in the optical path are held at a constant level to avoid⟳ miscanceled absorptions obscuring vital parts of the IR spectrum.”

“The prescriptions are sometimes irresponsibly written by general practitioners. We usually find⟳ miscancelled prescriptions arranged for the purpose of abuse.”

“So many copies have⟳ come⟳ down to us in which the title-page of the preliminaries is miscancelled, indeed , that it is surprising that we know⟳ of only one in which the earlier title-page is bound as printed.”

“Over a period of about two months, which encompassed more than 20,000 pieces of incoming mail to one company, I was able to determine⟳ that more than seven percent of automated letter mail either was not being canceled or was being miscanceled enough to miss⟳ the stamps.”

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