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mislabelling

mislabelling 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

mislabelling (plural mislabellings)

  1. An incorrect labelling.

Forms of mislabelling

pluralmislabellings

Questions about mislabelling

What does mislabelling mean?
Mislabelling means an incorrect labelling.
What is mislabelling the present participle and gerund of?
Mislabelling is the present participle and gerund of mislabel.
What part of speech is mislabelling?
Mislabelling is a noun.
What is the plural of mislabelling?
The plural of mislabelling is mislabellings.

Words near mislabelling in the dictionary

  1. mislabeling
  2. mislabelings
  3. mislabelled
  4. mislabeller
  5. mislabellers
  6. mislabelling
  7. mislabellings
  8. mislabels
  9. mislabour
  10. mislaboured
  11. mislabouring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mislabelling (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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