mislabel
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of mislabel
Example Sentences
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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
They expressed concern that suppliers who knowingly mislabel catch will damage the movement.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
In all these cases, the people who we mislabel leaders only followed the will of the people.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2016
For a time, Chinese exporters intentionally mislabeled some shipments to skirt U.S. and European sanctions, but in many instances they no longer bother, according to former senior Treasury Department officials and weapons analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
These borrowers were then mislabeled as prime, which gave them access to larger auto loans they otherwise might not have qualified for.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
“The issue is fermented grain masquerading as mycelium or mislabeled as mushroom. People are being sold grain powder.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
She had no idea Travis County had mislabeled her as a noncitizen until the news organizations contacted her.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
On the fourth morning, Soldier Leeg 2 hits a mislabeled pod.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Small changes in testing protocols could reduce mislabeling, the researchers said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
The often anonymous posts draw attention to potential image manipulation, data duplication, and mislabeling of figures, and question the statistical significance of results.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 30, 2024
Take fish fraud, or the widespread practice of mislabeling seafood so that consumers aren't eating what they think they purchased.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2023
The policy, known as the “taxonomy,” is meant to stop “greenwashing,” the pervasive practice of mislabeling energy projects as environmentally friendly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Such cases of compulsory mislabeling are not rare.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
His sister Arwen Greenlaw told BBC Newsnight her family was seeking dignity and closure as well as accountability for those who mislabelled her brother's remains.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Some waste, for example, is deliberately mislabelled as "second-hand electronic goods for re-sale", only to be smashed up, recycled and smelted once it reaches its destination.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
A seafood product was considered mislabelled if it was sold using a name not found on the Fish List for the DNA-identified species.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Calgary's mislabelled seafoods has far-reaching and well-documented implications for public health, conservation and the economy.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Earlier this year, customs stepped up inspections of heavy crude cargoes headed to Shandong after finding several Iranian shipments mislabelled as diluted bitumen to bypass import quotas.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023
"Food must be safe and accurately labelled, wherever it's sold, and we take food fraud and mislabelling seriously," said Andrew Quinn, head of the FSA's national food crime unit.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The mislabelling we identified in the Pramipexole leaflets contrasts with the findings of a major study from 2010, funded and partly designed by the drug's own manufacturer.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
We discovered that mislabelling is running rampant in Calgary, and that certain product names are more likely to hide species of conservation concern.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
These results fell within the predicted global rates of seafood mislabelling.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Airbus has acknowledged quality problems but accused the airline of mislabelling them as safety issues to get compensation.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2022
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