misidentify

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As he describes in a journal article, Will scoured known collections and located another 21 samples that had been misidentified or unnamed, most found in the first half of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times

The fossils, known locally as “the blob,” were misidentified in the 1970s as a species of jellyfish, formally named Essexella asherae.

From Science Magazine

And facial recognition systems have historically suffered flaws, often misidentifying people of color, which could lead to security unfairly targeting Brown and Black people.

From Washington Post

She wasn’t getting high on evidence, but she was consistently misidentifying samples, and claimed to have tested substances that she’d never in fact examined.

From Los Angeles Times

It also argued Powell’s other claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty misinterpret the law, and that Powell misidentified Testa in the lawsuit as a medical doctor when he is not one.

From Seattle Times