Dwarf cancels Store Item: Job item misplaced

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This generally happens if, when an empty barrel or bin is assigned to a stockpile and dwarves have started storing items in it, another dwarf comes along and picks up the container to haul it to the stockpile.

This error message is also given if you forbid the item that a dwarf was about to pick up.

Error Messages FAQ
Dwarf cancels task: Hunting vermin for food
Dwarf cancels Store Item: Job item misplaced
Dwarf cancels Store Item: Item inaccessible
Dwarf cancels Construct Building: Item blocking site
Dwarf cancels task: Dropoff inaccessible
Dwarf cancels task: Dangerous terrain
Dwarf cancels task: Could not find path
Dwarf cancels task: Forbidden area
Dwarf cancels task: Job item lost or destroyed
Dwarf cancels Pickup Equipment: Equipment mismatch
Dwarf cancels task: Interrupted
Dwarf cancels task: Handling dangerous creature
Diplomacy Stymied - A diplomat has left unhappy
Dwarf cancels construct "Rock object": Needs non-economic rock
Cat cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured
Digging designation canceled: Warm / Damp stone located
Miner cancels dig: Inappropriate dig square
Dwarf cancels fill pond: Inappropriate building
Their wagons have bypassed your inaccessible site
Dwarf cancels Construct Building: cannot reach site
Dwarf cancels construct "Rock short sword": Needs sharpenable rock
Dwarf cancels construction of Wall: Creature occupying site
Needs butcherable unrotten nearby item.
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