misfile

verb

misfile

verb

US /mɪsˈfaɪ.əl/

Etymology From mis- + file.

1

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

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

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