as in to misapply
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Recent Examples of misidentify
Others baselessly stated that the incident was staged, or circulated posts misidentifying the shooter.
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024
Historically, technologies like data mining rulesets attempted to highlight relevant data but often fell short, missing critical details or misidentifying information.
—Michael Dennis, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The other three generally struggled to identify plastics and, in some cases, would even misidentify shadows as trash.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
But soon, a group of preppy teens misidentifies them as murderers in a comedy-horror send-up of the genre.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024
Historically, technologies like data mining rulesets attempted to highlight relevant data but often fell short, missing critical details or misidentifying information.
—Michael Dennis, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The other three generally struggled to identify plastics and, in some cases, would even misidentify shadows as trash.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
But soon, a group of preppy teens misidentifies them as murderers in a comedy-horror send-up of the genre.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Misidentify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misidentify. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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