1. past tense and past participle of misrefer; to refer incorrectly or to the wrong person, thing, or source
Usage: formal; typically used in professional or academic contexts

Examples

• The patient was misreferred to the wrong specialist by the clinic.
• The document misreferred to an outdated regulation that had been repealed.
• She misreferred the client to a department that could not help them.
• The email misreferred the deadline, causing confusion among team members.
• The study misreferred several sources in its bibliography.