mislabel

mislabel
/mis lay"beuhl/, v.t., mislabeled, mislabeling or (esp. Brit.) mislabelled, mislabelling.
to label wrongly, incorrectly, or misleadingly: to mislabel a bottle of medicine.
[MIS-1 + LABEL]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • mislabel — verb brand incorrectly, classify incorrectly, deceive, defraud, describe incorrectly, designate incorrectly, docket incorrectly, falsely characterize, identify incorrectly, label incorrectly, lead astray, lead into error, mark incorrectly,… …   Law dictionary

  • mislabel — UK US /ˌmɪsˈleɪbəl/ verb [T] ( ll , US also l ) ► to put information that is not correct on something: »Because it was mislabeled, the wrong part was sent to us …   Financial and business terms

  • mislabel — (v.) 1865, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + LABEL (Cf. label) (v.). Related: Mislabeled; mislabeling …   Etymology dictionary

  • mislabel — [mis lā′bəl] vt. mislabeled or mislabelled, mislabeling or mislabelling to label incorrectly or improperly …   English World dictionary

  • mislabel — verb To label incorrectly. Be sure not to mislabel the files or youll never find them again! …   Wiktionary

  • mislabel — mis•la•bel [[t]mɪsˈleɪ bəl[/t]] v. t. beled, bel•ing or (esp. brit.) belled, bel•ling. to label wrongly, incorrectly, or misleadingly: to mislabel a bottle of medicine[/ex] • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • mislabel — v. label incorrectly, label improperly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mislabel — verb (mislabels, mislabelling, mislabelled) label incorrectly …   English new terms dictionary

  • mislabel — mis·label …   English syllables

  • mislabel — (ˈ)mis+ transitive verb Etymology: mis (I) + label : to label incorrectly or falsely charged that the company had mislabeled its products …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”