as in to misapply
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Recent Examples of misidentify
Detection software can misidentify writing as AI-generated and are biased against non-native English speakers, and education experts warn against using the detectors in a disciplinary context.
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Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
But experts say detection software can misidentify writing as AI-generated.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
But the databases sometimes included outdated data, according to six officers, increasing the likelihood that officers would misidentify a civilian as a combatant.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
However, studies show that Clearview and other leading algorithms are more likely to misidentify people of color, women, and the elderly than white men.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
But experts say detection software can misidentify writing as AI-generated.
—Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
But the databases sometimes included outdated data, according to six officers, increasing the likelihood that officers would misidentify a civilian as a combatant.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
However, studies show that Clearview and other leading algorithms are more likely to misidentify people of color, women, and the elderly than white men.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misidentify
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But sometimes people misapply the word tradition to things that are simply obsolete.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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Our biased admiration for good fathers is misapplied to a species, such as the bald eagle, in which biparental care is the rule.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2023
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In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.—
Geoff Manaugh,
The New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2019
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In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.—
Kristin Lam,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2019
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“Misidentify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misidentify. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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