1. to file (a document or record) in the wrong place or under the wrong classification
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘misfile’

Examples

• She often misfiles important documents when she’s in a hurry.
• The clerk misfiles customer records alphabetically instead of by date.
• If the system misfiles your application, it could delay processing.
• He misfiles the invoices so frequently that we can never find them.
• The computer program misfiles data when the categories overlap.
• When the assistant misfiles contracts, it creates legal complications.