misdistinguished

Verb

misdistinguish (third-person singular simple present misdistinguishes, present participle misdistinguishing, simple past and past participle misdistinguished)

1. (rare, transitive) To make wrong distinctions in or concerning.
   • So that if we imagine a difference where there is none, because we distinguish where we should not, it may not be denied that we misdistinguish.1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, volume 3