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to misclassify

to misclassify

1 5.7
Put something in the wrong group by mistake
  • verb
  • /ˌmɪsˈklæsɪˌfaɪ/
translation icon : clasificar incorrectamente
  • The teacher was careful not to misclassify any students when sorting them into groups based on their skills.
  • misclassified children
  • misclassified subjects
  • misclassified people

Examples

  • However, no items could be identified that were consistently misclassified across subjects.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The MEPS-HC relies on self-reports for diagnoses, and therefore some individuals may have been misclassified.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Or I could put my classifier here and it will misclassify some of these cats as dogs.

  • Clearly, it is possible that these children are being misclassified because their difficulties are not well understood.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Therefore, it might be the case that some children in the current study were misclassified as TD based on these measures.

    Academic text (2012)
  • First, let's figure out which data points are misclassified by each of these classifiers.

  • The shadows cast by tree canopies were also misclassified as water.

    Academic text (2017)
  • To check on whether these children were misclassified as gifted or highly gifted, anecdotal information was requested from their teachers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • For one method, nearly one-third of the geriatric subjects were misclassified.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The same three misclassified samples were identified for all tests, indicating a satisfactory robustness of the fractal-SVM classifier.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to mislabel
vsto misclassify
10 4.1

To give something the wrong name

places items in wrong categories rather than just wrong labels
to misidentify
vsto misclassify
9 6.5

Say a person or thing is a different one

is about placing into wrong groups rather than wrong identity
to mismark
vsto misclassify
1 6.9

To mark something with the wrong label

refers to assigning to the wrong category not just marking
to miscategorize
vsto misclassify
1 6.9

To put something in the wrong group by mistake

uses a different verb but matches this category error
mislabeled
vsto misclassify
  • Formal
5.1

Having a wrong label that gives false information about a product

focuses on category placement rather than legal or formal labeling
to misrecognize
vsto misclassify
  • US
8.1

Mistake a person or object for a different one

focuses on wrong category placement not personal misidentification

How Correct

to categorize
  • US
59 3.5
to misclassify
1 5.7

Surface Forms

misclassify infinitive
misclassified past participle
misclassifying present participle
misclassifies third person singular

Morphology

misclassify = classify (transparent) = mis + class + ify

Productive prefix 'mis-' meaning 'wrongly' attaches to the familiar verb 'classify', yielding a direct negative meaning.

Etymology

Misclassify is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' and classify, from class meaning 'group'. So, to misclassify something is to put it into the 'wrong group' by mistake.