How to Use misidentification in a Sentence

misidentification

noun

• So there’s sort misidentification there, but this is all new.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2023
• In homage to the misidentification as plants, the team has given the fossils a unique nickname.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• This kind of misidentification is widespread — and not without harm.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2021
• First, the team found that darker skin tones were resulting in misidentification.
  — Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• This was his way of avoiding another misidentification that could land him behind bars.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 26 July 2022
• That fact—and the initial misidentification of the men in the photo—would fuel decades of rumors the photo was staged.
  — Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2025
• This review has been updated to correct a misidentification of who played the leaping satyr.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
• And in some cases of misidentification, innocent civilians were shot and lynched.
  — Barak Mendelsohn, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2016
• The institute did not respond to a request for comment on the misidentification.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• Enlarge / Black bears will frequently stand on their hind legs, which may increase their misidentification.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
• In addition to the risk of misidentification, there are other concerns about treating skin growths yourself.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• Other killings may result from misidentification, Carlisle says.
  — Christine Peterson, Animals, 11 Dec. 2020
• He was charged with misidentification in addition to misdemeanor theft.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• Over the last decade, DNA testing has helped to reduce misidentification.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 29 Sep. 2022
• All three are Black men arrested and detained based solely on a misidentification from a computer.
  — Munira Mohamed and Chris Weiland, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• Yet in case after case, the misidentification appears to be less a matter of confusion than of confirmation bias.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• While fossil misidentifications and forgeries are rare, this isn’t the first time scientists have encountered an overhyped rock.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• There definitely was the potential for misidentification in this case, as a shark tooth found on the deck of the boat that retrieved the surf ski was from a different species.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2024
• But for many searches, the results were filled with understandable misidentifications.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
• The occasional misidentification from patients who were in pain or without their glasses never bothered me much.
  — Byellen McGirt, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
• Critics say the technology results in a higher rate of misidentification of people of color than of white people.
  — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The primary cause of the racial disparity is white victims’ misidentification of Black men.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 29 Sep. 2022
• This kind of unintentional bias in training data may lead to misidentification of women, people of color and young and old people.
  — Vijayan Asari, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
• Mary said that misidentification is a particularly hard pill to swallow for Ukrainians, who are proud of their identity and want to hold onto it.
  — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2022
• This misidentification was the result of the tool being found alongside dozens of shoes and dress accessories, and other small tools and craft waste products, according to a news release.
  — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• The program also aims to gather DNA to prevent the future misidentification of bears.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
• This misidentification was never clearer to me than during a conversation with a prospective client—a white woman—about a keynote speech on imposter syndrome.
  — Shari Dunn, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
• Staff members said in the emergency application that they were reportedly shocked by this misidentification.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Target has pulled an item celebrating Black history from its shelves over the misidentification of several Black icons.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
• But police use of the novel technology has attracted criticism – and it’s been linked to other cases of misidentification.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026