misidentify
Americanverb (used with object)
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To talk about the high cost of housing, however, is to misidentify the problem.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
"We've found that many respondents misidentify a warning as a watch, which means conditions are favorable for a tornado," Armstrong said.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
Doa, the former EPA scientist who worked at the agency for three decades, said she had never known the EPA to misidentify a source of pollution in a consent order.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
Plus, many people misidentify butterflies, notes Sarabia, so a guide can help you safely spot them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
“How could this major airline misidentify a passenger in such a grotesque and negligent way, to cause such harm,” Mr. Lowe said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
In fact, an entire genus of vertebrate hid there, misidentified, until a CT scanner settled the question.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
After a deluge of hateful messages, another man misidentified as Winston Lee posted a personal appeal to TikTok detectives.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Not only that, the cartographic malfunction included completely unrecognisable shapes of the six misidentified countries.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
May 18, 2026: A headline on this story initially misidentified the island where the fire is burning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Then, in the 1980s, local divers stumbled upon it but misidentified it as a Dutch merchant ship.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The research suggests that the brain may be misidentifying internally generated thoughts as sounds coming from the outside world.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
“Silver prices fluctuate, but misidentifying items can cost far more than waiting for a slightly better spot price.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved lives and falsely claiming that a victim staged his injuries, researchers said Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025
Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
According to the AP report, in a 2005 oral history for AP’s corporate archives Robinson made no mention of misidentifying the photo and gave no indication of uncertainty whether Ut took the photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
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