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misidentified
identified incorrectly v
(en-past of: misidentify)
Usage examples of "misidentified".
The liviecaster misidentified one being, but Ecu knew him well: Solon Kenna.
Everyone remembered past embarrassments: mistaken reports of asteroids that might hit Earth, misidentified massive stars, spurious discovered planets around nearby stars.
I think that I have also neglected to mention that another woman standing next to me who Scop has misidentified as being my companion has been knocked unconscious and left in place by one stirring and lunatically energetic blow.
Communist affiliation in academia, misidentified the subcommittee and its chairman.