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misfile
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
misfile
(verb)
misfile
/
ˈ
mɪsˌfajəl/
verb
misfiles
;
misfiled
;
misfiling
misfile
/
ˈ
mɪsˌfajəl/
verb
misfiles
;
misfiled
;
misfiling
Britannica Dictionary definition of MISFILE
[
+ object
]
:
to put (a document) in the wrong place
:
to file (something) in the wrong place
I found papers that had been
misfiled
.
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