to mislabel

Examples

• All

• It's been mislabeled as "Zulu."

  Jungle Cruise (2021)

• Meanwhile, Mares is determined to correct the mislabeled Argentine specimens in at least some of the world's natural science collections.

  Academic text (2011)

• This box, it's completely mislabeled.

  The House That Jack Built (2018)

• Probably some mislabeled hazardous material caught fire.

  Cast Away (2000)

• About 10 percent of the states were mislabeled, and approximately 30 percent of the states were not labeled.

  Academic text (1997)

• It's also sadly very likely these dogs have been mislabeled, just like Memphis has been.

  Blog text (17)

• "Maybe someone mislabeled them," Iliana said.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Anyone (literally anyone) can go into a store and claim that a food is mislabeled and sue the store.

  Blog text (3)

• For Mares and a growing chorus of other experts, mislabeled specimens are a symptom of a much larger problem, one that starts with field research, far beyond museum walls.

  Academic text (2011)

• The scientist realized she had mislabelled the samples, leading to incorrect research results.

Synonyms

M

to misidentify

vsto mislabel

9 6.5

Say a person or thing is a different one

focuses more on wrong tags or words than on wrong identity

M

to misname

vsto mislabel

2 6.3

To call someone or something by the wrong name

is broader and also covers wrong tags or written words

M

to mismark

vsto mislabel

1 6.9

To mark something with the wrong label

is about placing the wrong tag or word on something

M

to miscall

vsto mislabel

1 7.6

To give someone or something the wrong name

is used for wrong tags or written words as well as speech

How Incorrect

to misidentify

9 6.5

to mislabel

10 4.1

to misname

2 6.3

to label

92 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology