to misidentify
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6.5
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈaɪdɛntɪfaɪ/
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identificar incorrectamente
- After reviewing the evidence, they realized they had misidentified the culprit.
- misidentify students
- many students misidentified
And a lot of people misidentify their garlic leaves turning yellow for garlic blight.
- And a lot of people misidentify their garlic leaves turning yellow for garlic blight.
- But all of that gets overlooked by those who, you know, misidentify philosophy in its essence with externals.
- So if you miss an object, misidentify an object, any of that sort of stuff, then that effect causes the whole stack downstream to to become quite chaotic.
- OK, Or creating scandals by misidentifying tampons.
- OK, you know, weather balloons, misidentified aircraft, lightning phenomena, whatever, right?
Examples
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Many people often misidentify the symptoms of anxiety as a heart problem.
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And it went on for an entire year, ruined a year of my life because as this gentleman said over here, I misidentified my customer.
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But that is no excuse for a new report to misidentify the neighborhood!
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Also, I believe many teachers often misidentify at-risk students or do not identify them at all.
Academic text (2004) -
An earlier version of this post misidentified the start date for the second season of "Homeland."
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And a lot of people misidentify their garlic leaves turning yellow for garlic blight.
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Update: This post originally misidentified the state agency for which Allen Prohofsky works.
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The authors noted that technical readers may be misidentified by their teachers because of their excellent word-reading skills.
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Many service programs are misidentified as collaborations when they are simply provider-client relationships.
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While examining the American Museum's collection, I came across a mongoose specimen that was clearly misidentified.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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3.5
To think one person or thing is another
Mistake a person or object for a different one
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Etymology
Misidentify is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' and identify meaning 'to say who or what something is'. So, to misidentify is to name or identify a person or thing in the wrong way, like a 'wrong' version of identify, similar to mistake or misunderstand.