misclassifyv.
/ˌmɪsˈklasᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈklæsəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To classify incorrectly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (transitive)] > classify wrongly
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1909 Polit. Sci. Q. 24 513 Having classified (or misclassified) me in a particular ‘school’, he seems to make his attack almost indiscriminately.
1929 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 37 583 The deposits of trust companies and savings banks..which are misclassified as individual deposits.
1959 Psychol. Rev. 66 54/2 Thus The test misclassified ten patients out of a hundred.
1979 Archivum Linguisticum 1978 9 125 Maori speakers were frequently misclassified as Pakehas.
1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 8 Feb. (Business Outlook Suppl.) 16/3 The entertainment industry is a huge offender in misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
Derivatives
misˈclassified adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [adjective] > wrongly classified
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1931 Mod. Lang. Notes 46 339 Further confusion to the inexpert student might easily result from mis-classified items.
1990 Internat. Jrnl. Epidemiol. 19 785/1 The obscuring effect of adjusting for misclassified variables.
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