How to Use misclassification in a Sentence

misclassification

noun

• One risk of this is that misclassification could lead to readings being ignored.
  — Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
• The agency will need to determine whether misclassification is taking place, of course.
  — Sidehusl.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• One way this erasure happens is through racial misclassification, Echo-Hawk says.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 24 Sep. 2020
• Worker misclassification is a serious problem, but evidence of a large increase in full-time gig work just isn’t there.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
• Both Amazon and Target have also been sued over the past two years over driver misclassification.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
• What’s often overlooked is who pays the costs of misclassification by shipping companies.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• All of these factors could play into a case for employee misclassification, Markley stated.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Dec. 2025
• For instance, if some bears are photographed more often in light than in dark conditions, the lighting difference can cause misclassification of the bears.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• There might be similarities between gig workers and dancers, who have struggled with job misclassification for decades.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2022
• With art, there are places in an image where distortions need to be applied to result in misclassification and are more numerous and in diverse parts of the image.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
• Stay informed about changes in labor laws that could create compliance and misclassification issues.
  — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• This comes just weeks after the state settled a $100 million claim against Uber for misclassification of workers.
  — Katie Sobko, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
• It’s not fully understood why this happens, but can arise from sparse data, information gaps and misclassification.
  — Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• But a misclassification error is sparking debate over how to interpret the data, muddling the picture for investors.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 8 June 2020
• Aguilar became aware of how common racial misclassification was in the run-up to the census last spring, which motivated her to ensure her relatives’ deaths were counted.
  — Kate Cimini, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2021
• Though the solutions to misclassifications might be varied, the problem mostly revolves around permits.
  — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
• More fragmenting means more misclassification of workers, experts say.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
• The new rule aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.
  — Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
• Applying the same to retail traders, however, stretches the rule beyond its intent and poses more of a misclassification risk than a clear obligation.
  — Robert Green, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Private lawyers have also pursued misclassification cases against the gig companies.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
• But other studies have questioned whether misclassification of deaths among Black people might affect the accuracy of those numbers.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• She was tasked with implementing state laws that cracked down on the misclassification of gig economy workers and independent contractors.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• The rule change may also have created inconsistency and misclassification of coronavirus deaths at a time when the data has become politicized.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• This may have introduced some exposure misclassification, Guo notes.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• More critically for gig workers and many other independent contractors, the court did not solve the misclassification problem.
  — Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 2 May 2022
• The pandemic has also laid bare issues with the way the government measures this rate, as the misclassification of some workers has led to an underreporting of joblessness.
  — Jason Hoffman, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
• Various drivers and couriers have joined forces in misclassification lawsuits against Uber, Lyft and other gig companies.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2021
• Thus, the franchisor was entitled to summary judgment on the labor law misclassification claims, and class certification was denied.
  — Tony Marks, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• The bills also hone in on the construction industry, with enhanced criminal penalties, including felony charges, for misclassification of employees.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
• In contrast, music originating from North America rarely faces this issue of genre misclassification.
  — Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024