mismix

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ mix.

Verb

mismix (third-person singular simple present mismixes, present participle mismixing, simple past and past participle mismixed)

1. To mix improperly.
   • 1989, American Printer - Volume 204, page 32:

     You can't mismix, and that's a timesaver.

   • 1989, Acres, U.S.A. - Volume 18, page 7435:

     "I mismixed some treatment for fungicide on tomatoes," he remembers, "and I killed every one of them, probably more than 50 plants. We had to buy tomatoes to can that year."

   • 1995, Stephen M. Pompea, Current Perspectives in Astronomy and Physics: Selected Readings, page 245:

     Mismatch your loads, or mismix your concrete, and floors tilt.

   • 2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D., page 128:

     Today I lost count and mismixed my inks.

Noun

mismix (countable and uncountable, plural mismixes)

1. The act, process, or result of mismixing.
   • 1970, Asian Studies - Volumes 7-8, page 172:

     But for the most part, when Filipinos are by themselves, in more intimate circles (parties, house calls, etc.) their talk usually reverts to the native (Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, etc.) or to a pigeonized version ( “mismix” ) of English.

   • 1991, Tautscher, Contamination Effects on Electronic Products, page 477:

     In addition to undercure effects, mismixes of two-part liquid systems are also capable of producing deleterious effects, such as reduced chemical resistance, increased moisture absorption, and reduced insulation resistance.

   • 2007, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Workplace Safety, page 50:

     We have had incidents in the custodial area dealing with chemical safety , a mismix of chemicals without any standards in place.

   • 2013, Barbara E. Straw, Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, Sylvie D'Allaire, Diseases of Swine, page 971:

     The existence of concentrated premixes of these minerals raises the risk of feed mismixes resulting in the accidental feeding of high, potentially toxic levels of these elements.

   • 2020, Steve M. Ensley, Toxicology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America, page 641:

     Negative impacts on health usually occur when there is a feed mismix and a mis-dosing.