Definition
miscatalogued
adjective
- incorrectly or inaccurately catalogued; filed or classified under the wrong category or with wrong information
verb
- past tense and past participle of miscatalogue; to catalogue or classify incorrectly
Examples
- The library discovered that several rare books had been miscatalogued and were shelved in the wrong section.
- The museum's staff miscatalogued the artifact, listing it as 19th century when it was actually from the 17th century.
- Because the document was miscatalogued, researchers spent weeks searching for it in the archives.
- The painting remained miscatalogued for decades until an expert noticed the error.
- We need to review all miscatalogued items in the database before the audit.
- The librarian miscatalogued the new acquisitions, causing confusion among patrons.