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miscalendar en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + calendar.

Meanings

1. To enter an appointment on the wrong date in a schedule.
   • I do not mean to condone procrastination and slothfulness on the part of attorneys, but as a former practicing attorney, I am aware of the problems of inept personnel who fail to calendar or miscalendar deadlines and the burden of determining priorities in the workload of a busy attorney. 2007, Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California:
   • Occasionally , counsel will miscalendar or simply forget about attending a judicial arbitration hearing ( Code of Civil Procedure $ 1141.10. ) and an adverse judgment occurs. 2006, Eric E. Younger, Donald E. Bradley, California Motions, page 708:
   • The NLRB denied an employer's request that it accept its late filed brief based on excusable neglect where the employer asserted that the reason its brief was one day later was through an "inadvertent oversight" that led it to miscalendar the due date. 2006, CCH NLRB Decisions:
2. To assign the wrong date to a document.
   • This latter document is miscalendared. It is a later date than the memo contained in no. 670 (i), which refers to Surrey as the king's 'deputy', while no. 80 refers to Surrey as the king's 'lieutenant.' 1998, William Nolan, Timothy P. O'Neill, Offaly, history and society, page 236:
   • Apparently a reference to the death of Charles II led the 6th baron Monson to miscalendar these letters . 1989, Francis Howard Baron Howard of Effingham, Warren M. Billings, The Papers of Francis Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, 1643-1695, page 191:
   • The undated document is miscalendared, since the press occurred in spring 1639. 1994, Mark Charles Fissel, The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns Against Scotland, 1638-1640, page 233:

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