MISCLASSIFY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

misclassify

verb

Definition of misclassify

as in to mistype

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Recent Examples of misclassify 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 — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 Its outdated reasoning is likely to misclassify customers and cause potential losses.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 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 See All Example Sentences for misclassify

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This eliminates the risk of mistyping addresses or trusting links in messages.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff reported in 1969 that two errors—mistyping a single digit and swapping two neighboring digits of one’s card number—account for nearly 90 percent of all human input errors in practice.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2025

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Lockdown and active shooter simulations look and feel very different, though people often lump the two practices together.

— Emily Greene-Colozzi, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026
Barca’s debt figure is often exaggerated in some circles, with the club’s total liabilities lumped together in a manner not seen elsewhere.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026