mislabeling
Speech parts
1. mislabeling - Noun
2. mislabeling - Verb
Meaning
mislabeling
present participle of mislabel
mislabeling (plural mislabelings)
An incorrect labeling.
Examples
Hobbyists are so eager to obtain these electrifying geckos and poachers continue to remove them from the protected reserve, purposely mislabeling them to get around customs officials.
But that hasn’t stopped fishermen from catching them illegally in Brazil, and it hasn’t stopped vendors from mislabeling them as shark, which is legal to sell.
Even if people are mislabeling something as TDD when it is not, maybe that’s not such a bad thing, Black explained.
But students have claimed that mislabeling has occurred on multiple occasions.
Federal officials described it as mislabeling.
McCall Farms, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of cases of Happy Harvest Spinach in 13.5 oz cans as a precautionary measure due to the potential presence of peanuts resulting from product mislabeling.