misclassify

verb

mis·​clas·​si·​fy ˌmis-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 

misclassified; misclassifying

transitive verb

: to assign (someone or something) to an incorrect group or category : to classify wrongly

a species misclassified in the wrong genus

misclassified

ˌmis-ˈkla-sə-ˌfīd 

adjective

misclassified workers/employees

Examples of misclassify in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Official statistics undercount or misclassify incidents, especially with unreported crimes, and policies that treat repeat offenses leniently. —Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Compensation models will misalign incentives, and risk frameworks will misclassify stability. —Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 8 Mar. 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

These findings are consistent with a growing body of research showing how AI systems often misclassify, perpetuate discrimination toward or otherwise harm trans and disabled people. —Oliver L. Haimson, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for misclassify

• acidify
• alveoli
• antinomy
• areolae
• demystify
• detoxify
• disqualify
• diversify
• electrify
• exemplify
• fasciculi
• identify