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misprinted

  • past participle
    of misprint.
    misprint
    noun
    a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
  • past tense form
    of misprint.
    misprint
    noun
    a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.

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The brand’s new owner, Spangler Candy Company, reintroduced Sweethearts to the candy market in 2020, though limited availability and production issues resulted in misprinted and blank candies.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Baxter explained that he didn’t even know about the situation until the misprinted shirts started getting attention.

From Fox News ● Jul. 20, 2021

Either Springsteen got the lyrics wrong in his own memoir, or he and his notoriously fastidious management team routinely signed off on misprinted lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

The clerk had stumbled across one of the most celebrated stamp mistakes in history, the famously misprinted Inverted Jenny.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021

Hundreds of crates of misprinted dictionaries are stacked in the halls, and the girls burn them page by page in the potbelly stove.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr