How to Use misidentification in a Sentence

misidentification

noun

• In homage to the misidentification as plants, the team has given the fossils a unique nickname.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• So there’s sort misidentification there, but this is all new.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2023
• Over the last decade, DNA testing has helped to reduce misidentification.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 29 Sep. 2022
• The program also aims to gather DNA to prevent the future misidentification of bears.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
• First, the team found that darker skin tones were resulting in misidentification.
  — Carolina Milanesi, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
• This kind of misidentification is widespread — and not without harm.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2021
• The institute did not respond to a request for comment on the misidentification.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
• This review has been updated to correct a misidentification of who played the leaping satyr.
  — Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
• The misidentification of Virgil as a Black man began early.
  — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• Park mentioned the case of the Boston Marathon Bomber, in which social media led to misidentification of suspects, and possibly to copycat cases.
  — Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2021
• Warwick poked fun at the misidentification on her Twitter account Thursday, sharing a cheeky message that used lyrics from both her and Knight's most famous songs.
  — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
• This misidentification was the result of the tool being found alongside dozens of shoes and dress accessories, and other small tools and craft waste products, according to a news release.
  — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• This was his way of avoiding another misidentification that could land him behind bars.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 26 July 2022
• In addition to the risk of misidentification, there are other concerns about treating skin growths yourself.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
• Few of these doxxing incidents were without controversy, and like the use of any weapon, there were innocent bystanders along the way, with the most appalling being the misidentification of the Boston Marathon Bomber in 2013.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2022
• The primary cause of the racial disparity is white victims’ misidentification of Black men.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 29 Sep. 2022
• What the form fails to capture, however, are details on the outcomes of these inquiries and instances in which, for instance, a facial recognition hit leads to the misidentification of a suspect, Smith said.
  — Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Yet in case after case, the misidentification appears to be less a matter of confusion than of confirmation bias.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• Enlarge / Black bears will frequently stand on their hind legs, which may increase their misidentification.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
• Mary said that misidentification is a particularly hard pill to swallow for Ukrainians, who are proud of their identity and want to hold onto it.
  — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2022
• All three are Black men arrested and detained based solely on a misidentification from a computer.
  — Munira Mohamed and Chris Weiland, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• Critics say the technology results in a higher rate of misidentification of people of color than of white people.
  — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2023
• Those claims rested on misidentification and that portion of Mr. Francis’ article has been deleted without notice to the reader.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• Last month, board member Evette Griffie sought answers from police about Williams' case, including a timeline of events and any discipline resulting from the misidentification.
  — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2020
• On the evening of July 21, just a day after the misidentification, the Mossad agents carried out the assassination before Bouchikhi’s pregnant wife, ending an innocent life.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2023
• But facial recognition search results are imperfect, and some experts worry that a misidentification could lead to the wrong person being told their child had died — or in the frenzy of war, could mean the difference between life or death.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
• Target has pulled an item celebrating Black history from its shelves over the misidentification of several Black icons.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
• The occasional misidentification from patients who were in pain or without their glasses never bothered me much.
  — Byellen McGirt, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
• However, experts say that its use for serious felony charges could set a dangerous precedent for the U.S. justice system, raising questions about bias, misidentification, and the rise of the surveillance state.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2024
• Following a misidentification by the forces, the forces targeted the three WCK vehicles based on the misclassification of the event and misidentification of the vehicles as having Hamas operatives inside them.
  — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024