MISIDENTIFY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

misidentify

verb

Definition of misidentify

as in to misapply

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Recent Examples of misidentify Tanner was such an unknown to most back in April at The Masters to the point where Getty photographers were misidentifying her as Clark's old girlfriend. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026 The Post last year reported that an early version of directory was rife with errors, including misidentifying which health care providers were covered by which health care plans. — Arkansas Online, 2 May 2026 As late as the 1930s, scholars would misidentify the porcelain as produced by other dynasties. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026 Doing the work remotely can create safety risks because inspectors may miss or misidentify maintenance problems, the reported stated. — ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misidentify

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According to Yale researchers, scientists tend to misapply the Golden Rule in two areas.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Without adjusting, companies will misapply probabilistic tools to deterministic problems and misinterpret their outcomes.

— Richie Etwaru, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Definition of misapply

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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
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