misinclude

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mis- +‎ include

Verb[edit]

misinclude (third-person singular simple present misincludes, present participle misincluding, simple past and past participle misincluded)

  1. To include (something) that should not be included.
    • 1971, Urban B. Ozanne, Shelby D. Hunt, The Economic Effects of Franchising, page 10-20:
      The elimination of these misincluded units reduced the original 4330 to an effective sample of 3927 ( Table 10-9 ).
    • 1986, Myles Brand, Robert M. Harnish, The Representation of Knowledge and Belief, page 67:
      I am still only beginning my attempt to map out the relations between these kindred spirits and no doubt will leave out, misinclude, and misrepresent some people in the course of providing my introductory list, but since this paper cannot wait for a year, I will have to present my half-formed reflections.
    • 2001, Revue Roumaine de Biologie: Série de biologie végétale, page 38:
      Fossombronia foveolata Lindb. was misincluded in Dihoru's list ( 2 );