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misfiled

misfiled is the simple past and past participle of misfile.

Meaning of misfile

Verb

misfile (third-person singular simple present misfiles, present participle misfiling, simple past and past participle misfiled)

  1. (transitive) 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.

Questions about misfiled

What is misfiled the simple past and past participle of?
Misfiled is the simple past and past participle of misfile.

Words near misfiled in the dictionary

  1. misfigure
  2. misfigured
  3. misfigures
  4. misfiguring
  5. misfile
  6. misfiled
  7. misfiles
  8. misfiling
  9. misfilings
  10. misfill
  11. misfilled

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