misdocument

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ document.

Verb

misdocument (third-person singular simple present misdocuments, present participle misdocumenting, simple past and past participle misdocumented)

1. To document incorrectly; to falsify or make an error in documentation.
   • 1999, Graham Lock, Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton, page 161:

     Where Baraka and Braxton do appear to be in near-total accord is in their belief in black music's potential for effecting both social and spiritual change and the consequent inevitability of attempts to suppress it and/or misdocument it by the white cultural establishment.

   • 2002, Mary V. Knackstedt, The Interior Design Business Handbook, page 268:

     If you miss a line or misdocument a detail, this is a breach-of-contract responsibility.

   • 2010, Keith Rosen, Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions:

     What would it cost you and the patient if you were to misdiagnose or miss something as a result of not giving the documentation process the attention it requires? What could happen if you misdocument a patient chart?