Definition of "misfiled" []

• Present participle of misfile. (verb)

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• "The papers lay hidden for more than three centuries having been "misfiled" within papal archives until they were discovered by an academic in 2001."
• "Is he in another prison, is he in that prison but 'misfiled' or has he been released?"
• "The judge ruled that the motion to reopen the case was "misfiled" with the immigration court and that jurisdiction over the request properly lies with the Board of Immigration Appeals."