mislabel
verb[T]
(alsomis-label)uk/mɪsˈleɪ.bəl/us/ˌmɪsˈleɪ.bəl/-ll-orUSusually-l-toattachthewronglabelto something(= apieceofpaper, etc. that gives youinformation):
Manyboxeswere mislabelled or notlabelledat all.
Themedicationwas mis-labelled.
todescribesomeone or something in a way that is notcorrectorfair:
People were mislabelled andsentaway tomentalinstitutions.
Somesituationsmight be mis-labelled asdiscrimination.
- Itseemsthat they mislabelled thecontainer.
- Members of thegroupclaimto have beenmisunderstood, mislabelled, andmishandled.
- Theorganizationclaimedthat 50% ofsparklingwinesoldwas mis-labelled asChampagne.
Classifying and creating order
- alphabetize
- anti-hierarchical
- arrange
- arrangement
- arranger
- array
- bracket
- lay
- misclassification
- misclassify
- miscode
- misorder
- multisystem
- nest
- setsomethingup
- shake
- shakesomeonedown
- short-list
- shortlist
- sort