misclassify
verb
mis·clas·si·fy
ˌmis-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 
misclassified; misclassifying
: to assign (someone or something) to an incorrect group or category : to classify wrongly
a species misclassified in the wrong genus
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Categorization errors: Automated systems can misclassify transactions, especially at retailers like Target and Amazon.
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Official statistics undercount or misclassify incidents, especially with unreported crimes, and policies that treat repeat offenses leniently.
—Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
Its outdated reasoning is likely to misclassify customers and cause potential losses.
—Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
For one, adversarial attacks designed to mislead AI models can be used by malicious actors to misclassify data.
—Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Official statistics undercount or misclassify incidents, especially with unreported crimes, and policies that treat repeat offenses leniently.
—Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
Its outdated reasoning is likely to misclassify customers and cause potential losses.
—Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
For one, adversarial attacks designed to mislead AI models can be used by malicious actors to misclassify data.
—Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Misclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misclassify. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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