Definition of "misfile" []

• To file in the wrong place or order. (verb-transitive)

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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."
• "Fred was sensitive to clerical errors; she had been a three-term secretary herself and never one to misfile."
• "The police misfile evidence or lose it altogether."