1. to catalog or classify (something) incorrectly or inaccurately
Usage: transitive verb; formal or technical usage

Examples

• The librarian discovered that several books had been miscatalogued in the database.
• If you miscatalogue the specimens, future researchers will have difficulty locating them.
• The museum staff worked to correct items that had been miscatalogued during the initial inventory.
• Miscataloguing rare documents can lead to their loss or misuse.
• The archivist was careful not to miscatalogue the newly acquired manuscripts.