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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mislabel

1865, from mis- (1) + label (v.). Related: Mislabeled; mislabeling.

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mislabel

vb. To label incorrectly.

Usage examples of "mislabel".

She took Peter into the storeroom on a blustery afternoon and pointed out the mislabeled crates.

Flutie threatened to sue the school system that had mislabeled him as a troubled kid way back in elementary school, and therefore did not encourage him to develop his many gifts.

The news wires were about to explode with the information that the face of the dazzlingly beautiful actress and film star, Isabella Lascar, had been obliterated, and that what was left of her body lay in the tiny Vineyard morgue, with a toe tag mislabeled in the name of Alexandra Cooper.

Now and then he drove a cab or did other odd jobs for the mislabeled Prince of Darkness, who knew him immediately but, out of courtesy, did not trouble him for a name.

It causes the wage-price spiral which is generally mislabeled inflation.

There were lots of charges and counter-accusations flying about, but chances are it was more of the same old bluster that the Downsiders mislabelled as diplomacy.

The error had apparently occurred due to the mislabeling of medical containers at their original supply point.

I once saw her literally throw a fashion consultant across the room because the poor sap had mislabeled her accessories before a showing.

But assuming that we’re not talking about some complicated mislabeling of objects of worship, I really can’t think of anything more insulting.

Mindful not only of the Eighty-Eighth Rule, but also the Two Thirty-Ninth—“Never be afraid to mislabel a product”—Glat and Torf had added another layer of security.

The blood type that came up on the mislabeled PERK Wingo found inside the evidence refrigerator was AB.