misshelving
misshelving is the present participle and gerund of misshelve.
Meaning of misshelve
Verb
misshelve (third-person singular simple present misshelves, present participle misshelving, simple past and past participle misshelved)
- To place on the wrong shelf; to misclassify.
- She scoured the library for misshelved volumes, reread five surrounding volumes, reviewed her early notes but never found that paragraph imprinted in her memory, “the words filling less than half a page, the address on Clark Street, the remarks about her appearance, all of which where typed up by a...2007 February 11, Elizabeth Schmidt, “Erasing Slavery”, in New York Times
Noun
misshelving (plural misshelvings)
- An instance of something being misshelved.
Forms of misshelving
| plural | misshelvings |
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Questions about misshelving
- What does misshelving mean?
- Misshelving means an instance of something being misshelved.
- What is misshelving the present participle and gerund of?
- Misshelving is the present participle and gerund of misshelve.
- What part of speech is misshelving?
- Misshelving is a noun.
- What is the plural of misshelving?
- The plural of misshelving is misshelvings.
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