misdocument
misdocument verb: to document incorrectly; to falsify or make an error in documentation.
Verb
misdocument (third-person singular simple present misdocuments, present participle misdocumenting, simple past and past participle misdocumented)
- To document incorrectly; to falsify or make an error in documentation.
- Where Baraka and Braxton do appear to be in near-total accord is in their belief in black music's potential for effecting both social and spiritual change and the consequent inevitability of attempts to suppress it and/or misdocument it by the white cultural establishment.1999, Graham Lock, Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton, page 161
- If you miss a line or misdocument a detail, this is a breach-of-contract responsibility.2002, Mary V. Knackstedt, The Interior Design Business Handbook, page 268
Forms of misdocument
| third-person singular present | misdocuments |
|---|---|
| present participle | misdocumenting |
| past participle | misdocumented |
| past | misdocumented |
Origin of misdocument
From mis- + document.
Questions about misdocument
- What does misdocument mean?
- Misdocument means to document incorrectly; to falsify or make an error in documentation.
- What part of speech is misdocument?
- Misdocument is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misdocument?
- The past tense of misdocument is misdocumented.
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