verb
- assigns an incorrect date to something
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘misdate’
Examples
- The historian often misdates ancient artifacts without proper carbon testing.
- She misdates her checks by writing last year’s date out of habit.
- The museum curator misdates the painting by several decades.
- He frequently misdates his journal entries when writing late at night.
- The archaeologist misdates the pottery fragments due to contaminated soil samples.
- The clerk misdates the invoice, causing confusion in the accounting department.