Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To label inaccurately.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To mark with a wrong label, designation, or address.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
label incorrectly .
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Examples
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He put the “liberal” label (or allowed people like RedCon to mislabel) or center-right policies.
Matthew Yglesias » Generic Ballot Points to Giant House GOP Win in 2010 2010
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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I think you'd better get your facts from someone other than the "never met a lie we wouldn't report, or a video clip we wouldn't mislabel," Fox News.
Aide: Obama believes tax on costly policies 'has some merit' 2009
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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That's what is needed for people in the U.S. and other western countries to not fear, mislabel, or hate muslims. jm
State Department Muslim envoy pledges new era of respect 2009
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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DSM 5 will dramatically increase prevalence by adding five new, very common "disorders" that together will mislabel many millions of people now considered normal.
Allen Frances: The DSM 5 Follies, As Told in Its Own Words Allen Frances 2012
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It is completely irresponsible to mislabel Kafka — who dedicated most of his entire life to writing fiction as only a writer and never ever once declared himself as a philosopher in any of his writings — as an existentialist based on his fiction, most of which was published against his wishes after he passed away.
Kafka 2010
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