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misfiling

misfiling is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

misfiling (plural misfilings)

  1. An incorrect filing.

Forms of misfiling

pluralmisfilings

Questions about misfiling

What does misfiling mean?
Misfiling means an incorrect filing.
What is misfiling the present participle and gerund of?
Misfiling is the present participle and gerund of misfile.
What part of speech is misfiling?
Misfiling is a noun.
What is the plural of misfiling?
The plural of misfiling is misfilings.

Words near misfiling in the dictionary

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

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