misfile

verb
/mɪsˈfaɪ.əl/US

Etymology

From mis- + file.

  1. derived from *peyḱ-
  2. inherited from *finhlō
  3. inherited from fēl
  4. inherited from file
  5. prefixed as misfile — “mis + file

Definitions

  1. To file incorrectly

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misfile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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