MISIDENTIFY Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

misidentify

verb

Definition of misidentify

as in to misapply

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Recent Examples of misidentify The spider is easily mixed up with two native North Carolinian arachnids, meaning many people misidentify native spiders as Jorō. — Eva Flowe june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026 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 But while false arrests due to facial recognition software can easily be blamed on glitchy tech, an even more disturbing pattern is starting to emerge, as AI-wielding officers don’t just misidentify suspects, but use the technology to fabricate evidence. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 18 June 2026 Organizations often misidentify talent by prioritizing narrow, early performance. — Juliette Han, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for misidentify

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misidentify

Verb

Without adjusting, companies will misapply probabilistic tools to deterministic problems and misinterpret their outcomes.

— Richie Etwaru, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But sometimes people misapply the word tradition to things that are simply obsolete.

— Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

Definition of misapply

Verb

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