mislabel

American  

[mis-ley-buhl] / mɪsˈleɪ bəl /

verb (used with object)

mislabeled, mislabeling, mislabelled, mislabelling

1. to label wrongly, incorrectly, or misleadingly.

   to mislabel a bottle of medicine.

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Etymology

Origin of mislabel

mis- ¹ + label

Example Sentences

Purchase whole, head-on finfish whenever possible, as they are harder to mislabel.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

Investigators will also point to other violations of customs law, such as when smugglers mislabel an item on shipping forms.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

He has found that many such trials mislabel one or more arms as “usual care,” sometimes endangering participants and misinforming physicians, which he calls “a big problem.”

From Science Magazine • Aug. 12, 2021

In all these cases, the people who we mislabel leaders only followed the will of the people.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2016

He said many private doctors mislabel a cause of death or even fail to fill one out at all, and his office spends a lot of time correcting errors.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2015