as in to misapply
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Recent Examples of misidentify
Studies have shown facial recognition systems misidentify women and people of color at far higher rates than white men.
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Joel Bervell, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Without Jones or Ham helping the pass-protection unit, running backs Jordan Mason and Zavier Scott cannot afford to misidentify blitzers.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.
—Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Even when a product is labeled with the relevant ingredients, mushrooms are notoriously easy to misidentify when collected.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
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Joel Bervell, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
Without Jones or Ham helping the pass-protection unit, running backs Jordan Mason and Zavier Scott cannot afford to misidentify blitzers.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.
—Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Even when a product is labeled with the relevant ingredients, mushrooms are notoriously easy to misidentify when collected.
—Joshua Kellogg, The Conversation, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misidentify
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Without adjusting, companies will misapply probabilistic tools to deterministic problems and misinterpret their outcomes.—
Richie Etwaru,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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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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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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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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Nearly every major polling outfit miscalled the 2016 Presidential race.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2020
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“Misidentify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misidentify. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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