Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To classify incorrectly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
classify incorrectly.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word misclassify.
Examples
-
Any single measure of religiosity, no matter how good, will inevitably misclassify a few people.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
-
If you misclassify a worker, penalties will likely include fines and back taxes for:
-
The bill would close a tax loophole or "safe harbor" provision in the tax laws since 1978 that allows businesses to misclassify workers as independent contractors.
Louis Provenzano: Open Letter to Congress: Two Employee Misclassification Bills Deserve Support Louis Provenzano 2010
-
A Labor Department report in 2000 estimated that up to 30% of employers misclassify workers.
States, IRS to Join Probe of Home-Builder Pay Practices Robbie Whelan 2011
-
Seven states and the Internal Revenue Service plan to join the Department of Labor in a broad review of the hiring and pay practices of home builders and other companies the government says routinely misclassify workers as independent contractors, rather than employees.
States, IRS to Join Probe of Home-Builder Pay Practices Robbie Whelan 2011
-
Still, nearly all of the interpretation companies in the industry base their business model on the use of interpreters who they misclassify as contractors, even though exercising this control clearly places interpreters into the role of employee and the company as employer.
Louis Provenzano: Open Letter to Congress: Two Employee Misclassification Bills Deserve Support Louis Provenzano 2010
-
Allegations of worker misclassification in the construction industry generally come in two forms: that builders misclassify laborers they hire directly as independent contractors, or they knowingly hire subcontractors who misclassify workers.
States, IRS to Join Probe of Home-Builder Pay Practices Robbie Whelan 2011
-
Parents often misclassify their child's weight status.
-
Some businesses intentionally misclassify workers.
One in Three Businesses at Risk in Independent Contractor Crackdown 2010
-
Interestingly, data show that parents are more likely to misclassify their child's weight if their pediatrician fails to comment on it.
John Whyte, M.D., MPH: Childhood Obesity: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.