verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To file incorrectly; to file in the wrong place or the wrong way. transitive

   "The doctor had trouble finding Mrs Wagner's patient record, since it had been misfiled under the letter V."

Example

More examples

"The doctor had trouble finding Mrs Wagner's patient record, since it had been misfiled under the letter V."

Etymology

From mis- + file.

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