单词 | misbranded |
释义 | misbrandedadj. Originally and chiefly U.S. Law. Of a product or commodity: incorrectly, misleadingly, or dishonestly labelled. See misbranding n. ΚΠ 1892 Congress. Rec. 4 Mar. 1722/2 As a result of such rigid inspections..many traders in these bogus and misbranded articles were convicted. 1904 Hearings Pure-Food Bills H.R. 5077 & 6295 (U.S. Congr. House Comm. Interstate & Foreign Commerce) 8 Do you not think the term ‘falsely labeled’ is better than ‘misbranded’? 1951 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 340 595 It ‘purported’ to be fruit jam, and must be deemed ‘misbranded’ notwithstanding that it was duly labeled an ‘imitation’. 1995 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 1 d If you claim that something contains fruit juice and it in fact contains no fruit juice, then that product could be considered misbranded. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1892 |
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