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mislabeling

mislabeling is the present participle and gerund of mislabel.

Meaning of mislabel

Verb

mislabel (third-person singular simple present mislabels, present participle (US) mislabeling or (UK) mislabelling, simple past and past participle (US) mislabeled or (UK) mislabelled)

  1. To label incorrectly.
    • Be sure not to mislabel the files or you'll never find them again!

Noun

mislabeling (plural mislabelings)

  1. An incorrect labeling.

Forms of mislabeling

pluralmislabelings

Questions about mislabeling

What does mislabeling mean?
Mislabeling means an incorrect labeling.
What is mislabeling the present participle and gerund of?
Mislabeling is the present participle and gerund of mislabel.
What part of speech is mislabeling?
Mislabeling is a noun.
What is the plural of mislabeling?
The plural of mislabeling is mislabelings.

Words near mislabeling in the dictionary

  1. misl
  2. mislabel
  3. mislabeled
  4. mislabeler
  5. mislabelers
  6. mislabeling
  7. mislabelings
  8. mislabelled
  9. mislabeller
  10. mislabellers
  11. mislabelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mislabeling (page history and authors); mislabel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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