miscertification

plural miscertifications

1. countableuncountableInvalid certification.

   Miscertification very often involves either violation of rules and regulations or perhaps criminal misbehavior.

   1983, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, DOE's Entitlements Program

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   The certification by the refiner and at subsequent points in the distribution system assures that a paper trail exists for any miscertifications, which permits state officials to track down the source of violations.

   1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Octane Mislabeling, page 109

   Participating sites initially use an 11 % miscertification rate to calculate the number of waste containers that are visually examined until a site-specific miscertification rate has been established.

   2001, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Institute for Regulatory Science, Requirements for disposal of remote-handled transuranic wastes at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, page 69