misindex

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ index.

Verb

misindex (third-person singular simple present misindexes, present participle misindexing, simple past and past participle misindexed)

To index incorrectly.
- 1986, Deborah Flynn, “Deeds of Conveyance”, in Introduction to Real Estate Law (West’s Paralegal Series), 2nd edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →ISBN, section II (The Elements of a Deed), page 123:
  Of course, in many cases the named grantee in the last recorded deed will not be the titleholder, or the titleholder’s name will have changed since the last recorded deed. […] In such cases a brief explanation is necessary to keep the recording officials from misindexing the deed.
- 1992, Raymond T[heodore] Nimmer, Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger, “Perfection and Notice”, in Commercial Transactions: Secured Financing: Cases, Materials, Problems (Contemporary Legal Education Series), Charlottesville, Va.: The Michie Company, →ISBN, part 1 (Basic Issues in Security), section F (Liability for Errors), page 153:
  Who bears the loss when a filing officer misindexes a financing statement or gives inaccurate information in response to a file search request?
- 1993, Chris Sauer, “The Case Study Approach”, in Why Information Systems Fail: A Case Study Approach (Information Systems Series), Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Alfred Waller Limited, →ISBN, section 2 (Research Method for the Mandata Study), subsection 3 (The research process), page 140:
  Virtually everything requested was provided except for the odd file that had been misindexed, mislaid, or consumed by the silverfish and other bibliovores that inhabit dark and dusty shelves.