1. misidentified - Adjective
2. misidentified - Verb
misidentified
simple past and past participle of misidentify
misidentified (comparative more misidentified, superlative most misidentified)
identified incorrectly
I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife. John Gutfreund
A mysterious bird, formerly misidentified as slaty brush finch and only described in 2007. Source: Internet
Carlo is a former advocacy officer who understands how civilian civil liberties are violated with this technology, in addition to noticing the growing number of citizens being misidentified. Source: Internet
At different times in history, Mary Magdalene has been confused or misidentified with almost every woman in the four Gospels, except the mother of Jesus. Source: Internet
Due to quarantine restrictions, plant cuttings were often smuggled into South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s and many times were misidentified as to what grape variety it really was. Source: Internet
It took the keen eye of Susan Evans, a professor of vertebrate morphology and paleontology at University College London, to recognize this particular "lizard" was actually a misidentified albie. Source: Internet