misidentify

verb

mis·iden·ti·fy ˌmis-ī-ˈden-tə-ˌfī

-ə-ˈden-

misidentified; misidentifying

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transitive verb

: to identify (someone or something) incorrectly

… a coroner apparently misidentified the bullet he removed from the victim, stating that its caliber differed from that of the bullet entered as evidence against the known shooter.—

David Fisher

While examining the American Museum's collection, I came across a mongoose specimen that was clearly misidentified.—

W. Chris Wozencraft

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Debra Tice's children woke her up when images of Missouri resident Travis Timmerman began circulating on social media, misidentifying him as Tice. —

Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 Her children woke her up when images of Timmerman began circulating on social media misidentifying him as Tice. —

Fox News, 15 Dec. 2024 Others baselessly stated that the incident was staged, or circulated posts misidentifying the shooter. —

Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024 Historically, technologies like data mining rulesets attempted to highlight relevant data but often fell short, missing critical details or misidentifying information. —

Michael Dennis, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for misidentify