misstamp

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ stamp

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈstæmp/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪs.stæmp/

Verb

misstamp (third-person singular simple present misstamps, present participle misstamping, simple past and past participle misstamped)

1. To stamp incorrectly.
   • 1920, The Jewelers' Circular - Volume 81, Issue 2, page 89:

     One of the main purposes of the committee is the investigation and prosecutions of violators of the National Stamping Act, viz: those merchants who misstamp jewelry and to help weed out from the trade this class of dishonest merchants.

   • 1983, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Licensee Contractor and Vendor Inspection Status Report, page 168:

     Pravel, et al. (attorneys at law) notified the Director of Inspection and Enforcement on September 14, 1981, that WFI had been supplied with bar stock which had been misstamped in terms of material type.

   • 1986, U.S. Customs Service. Office of Commercial Operations, Fines, Penalties, & Forfeitures Handbook, page 40:

     This procedure will serve to eliminate claims that Customs misstamped the date of presentation, an allegation often made in one-day late cases.

   • 1997, Cheryl Glenn, Rhetoric Retold, page 120:

     Like every Western culture preceding it, Renaissance society was gendered to the advantage of the adult male, who served as the template for all of humankind, women and children having been misstamped for other uses.

   • 2019, Aeschylus, The Oresteia, page 59:

     And those gilded palaces where hands are dirty she leaves, averting her eyes; she goes to what is clean, for she doesn't honor power whose coinage is misstamped by the praise of the rich.

Noun

misstamp (plural misstamps)

1. A stamp applied incorrectly.
   • 1934, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, “In the Matter of The Application of Richard G. Strauss”, in Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics, page 87:

     Aren't there cases where there might be a technical violation, where on explanation of the manufacturer involved, there could be found a reasonable explanation, that by some misstamp or carelessness or failing to carry out orders, the thing occurred, and yet if your plan were to be put into effect, immediately there was any sort of action taken, there would be publicity given to that fact.

   • 1997, New Jersey. Superior Court, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court, Appellate Division, Chancery Division, Law Division, and in the County Courts of the State of New Jersey, page 610:

     According to plaintiff, the misstamp "could have been a factory error."

   • 2012, Hans-Peter Saluz, M. Köhler, T. Mejevaia, Microsystem Technology: A Powerful Tool for Biomolecular Studies, page 263:

     Positioning of the stamp needs to be carried out up to now in specially designed high precission machines, since a single misstamp leads to activation of the touched area.