Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To file in the wrong place or order.
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- verb To incorrectly
file , to file in the wrong place or the wrong way.
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Examples
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Well, I did write it for Weasel and referenced her in the post, so I can see why you would mentally "misfile" it.
Innocent Bystanders 2009
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There are Democrats throughout the country who have scheduling problems and misfile FEC records.
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Fred was sensitive to clerical errors; she had been a three-term secretary herself and never one to misfile.
The Sitzer Ann Bogle 2011
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The police misfile evidence or lose it altogether.
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I would never think that Karen Dabney, the City's Personnel Director, could misfile or would remove such an important document.
Archive 2007-12-01 Dan 2007
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I would never think that Karen Dabney, the City's Personnel Director, could misfile or would remove such an important document.
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"Delaying tactics employed by departments such as calling over and over again for copies of orders and invoices which the departments lose or misfile adds to business frustration," Radue said.
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Wherever this part of I he brain is located, it's the same place where I misfile the names and faces of people I meet at parties.
Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995
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"If you misfile an item in a library this size" -" she gestured at shelves stretching endless down the gloom of halls beyond this chamber" "you have lost it."
The Magic May Return Niven, Larry 1981
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There was an army of dedicated film librarians who maintained this, but being human beings, would occasionally misfile things.
Latest Articles 2009
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