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misclassification

American  
[mis-klas-uh-fi-kay-shuhn] / mɪsˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. an act or instance of misclassifying.


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Disney's alleged misclassification "results in YouTube collecting personal information and placing targeted advertisements on child-directed videos on Disney's behalf," lawyers for the government alleged.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Issues related to racial misclassification in public records persist across the entire life course for AI/AN individuals, from birth to early childhood interventions to chronic disease and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

But the authors concluded this has led to the misclassification of many deaths as due to pregnancy when they were in fact incidental to it.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2024

Other limitations include potential for exposure misclassification because of participants' movements among neighborhoods during the follow-up period.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

A late instance of an amusing misclassification is reported from Germany.

From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

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