misdocument

verb

misdocument

verb

Etymology From mis- + document.

1

To document incorrectly; to falsify or make an error in documentation.

  • Where Baraka and Braxton do appear to be in near-total accord is in their belief in black music's potential for effecting both social and spiritual change and the consequent inevitability of attempts to suppress it and/or misdocument it by the white cultural establishment.1999, Graham Lock, Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton, page 161:
  • If you miss a line or misdocument a detail, this is a breach-of-contract responsibility.2002, Mary V. Knackstedt, The Interior Design Business Handbook, page 268:
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  • What would it cost you and the patient if you were to misdiagnose or miss something as a result of not giving the documentation process the attention it requires? What could happen if you misdocument a patient chart?2010, Keith Rosen, Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions:

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