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mislabeled

vb. (en-past of: mislabel)

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mislabeled

adj. branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements; "confiscated the misbranded drugs" [syn: misbranded]

Usage examples of "mislabeled".

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.

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.