miscalendar

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ calendar

Verb

miscalendar (third-person singular simple present miscalendars, present participle miscalendaring, simple past and past participle miscalendared)

1. To enter an appointment on the wrong date in a schedule.
   • 2006, Eric E. Younger, Donald E. Bradley, California Motions, page 708:

     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, CCH NLRB Decisions:

     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.

   • 2007, Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California:

     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.

2. To assign the wrong date to a document.
   • 1989, Francis Howard Baron Howard of Effingham, Warren M. Billings, The Papers of Francis Howard, Baron Howard of Effingham, 1643-1695, page 191:

     Apparently a reference to the death of Charles II led the 6th baron Monson to miscalendar these letters .

   • 1994, Mark Charles Fissel, The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's Campaigns Against Scotland, 1638-1640, page 233:

     The undated document is miscalendared, since the press occurred in spring 1639.

   • 1998, William Nolan, Timothy P. O'Neill, Offaly, history and society, page 236:

     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.'