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mislabel
[mis-
ley
-b
uh
l]
/mɪsˈleɪ bəl/
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verb (used with object)
,
mislabeled,
mislabeling
or
(
especially British
)
mislabelled,
mislabelling.
1.
to
label
wrongly, incorrectly, or misleadingly:
to mislabel a bottle of medicine.
Origin of
mislabel
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mis-
1
+
label
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018.
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Word Origin and History for
mislabel
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v.
1865, from
mis-
(1) +
label
(v.). Related:
Mislabeled
;
mislabeling
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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