Mispunch

Meaning

To punch the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, keypunch, or similar device..

Definitions by Sense

1. To punch the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, keypunch, or similar device.
2. To punch a hole in the wrong place.
3. To punch a ball or similar object so that it does not go to the intended destination.
4. An act or result of mispunching (any sense).

Example Sentences

Unlike the computer, the researcher may very well tire of running regression coefficients after the first dozen or two, and begin to misread his data or mispunch the buttons on his desk calculator.

IRS operators mispunch computer keys all the time.

There are ample opportunities to omit data or make incorrect entries on the coding sheets or to transpose or mispunch data on the keypunch.

No, you did not mispunch the calculator. Yes, you really will pay that much for the house!

As will be seen by the accompanying sketch to use this cutter, it is not necessary to punch any holes in sheet before taken to drill press. All that is required is ordinary center punch mark, thereby saving time and labor, also avoiding the liability of workman spoiling the sheet by mispunched hole.

Nevertheless, within 4 weeks of the transfer, a written warning was issued to Linnet, dated Friday, January 5, "1972," (an apparent typographical error), stating that Linnet in the last 3 weeks mispunched an excessive number of holes, requiring welding, grinding, and repunching;

It was not an easy task because input had to be submitted to the computer center punched on five-hole paper tape, and a single mispunched hole could stop the program, yielding only a cryptic error message hours later.

Four of us stood behind the baseline while two crouched at the net (expecting at any moment to get hit by an errant serve or mispunched volley).

Word Forms

• mispunches
• mispunching
• mispunched

Related Words

When Should You Use Mispunch?

Use mispunch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

Practice This Word

Frequently Asked Questions