misclassification
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Salt substitute use was self-reported, which may have led to underreporting or misclassification.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
But it said "misclassification and other biases may partially explain these associations".
From BBC • Sep. 23, 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
But other studies have questioned whether misclassification of deaths among Black people might affect the accuracy of those numbers.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
A late instance of an amusing misclassification is reported from Germany.
From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
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