Definition
miscatalog
verb
- to catalog or classify incorrectly or inaccurately
Usage: transitive verb; formal or technical usage
Examples
- The librarian discovered that several books had been miscataloged in the system.
- If you miscatalog the inventory items, the warehouse staff will have trouble locating them.
- The museum's database was corrected after staff realized artifacts had been miscataloged for years.
- Miscataloging documents can lead to serious problems during audits.
- The new software helped prevent miscataloging errors that plagued the old filing system.