mischarged

past tense of mischarge

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mischarged
Verb
  • Successive hurricanes had gouged a hole in the Sunshine State, leaving several private carriers insolvent — and leaving hundreds of thousands of their customers with no choice but Citizens.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The group allegedly defrauded victims of at least $50,000 that night.
    Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Federal authorities launched an investigation, dubbed Operation Zhen Diagram, into a nationwide gambling ring allegedly involving members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families who allegedly defrauded unwitting victims of millions.
    Ryan Morik , Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Elsewhere, Kaufman heads into the water sans waterproofing, gray corduroy suit and gingham shirt soaked.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While basic first aid can often ease the pain of a bee sting, according to the Mayo Clinic, those who are stung more than a dozen times can experience a more severe reaction, which includes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and lightheadedness.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Considering that one cocktail could cost one hour of some employees’ wages, the removal of that free drink benefit stung even more, Quimby and Reber told Deadline.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Thermal runaway, or self-heating, can occur without warning in lithium batteries as a result of various factors, including if the battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More than 1 million federal student loan borrowers are stuck in a backlog to enroll in repayment plans, according to court records from mid-September.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Hunt, stuck in traffic four yards shy of the goal line when Mahomes took off, slipped through the line and rolled along with his quarterback and found an opening.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Mischarged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischarged. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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