misdetect

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verb

To detect wrongly, or where not actually present.

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Meanings

verbmisdetect (third-person singular simple present misdetects, present participle misdetecting, simple past and past participle misdetected)

present singular third person misdetects · participle present misdetecting · participle past misdetected · past misdetected

  1. transitiveTo detect wrongly, or where not actually present.

    The GMM enables us to determine strict boundary positions. On the other hand, the GMM often misdetects boundaries that are not actual boundaries, such as changing points of music instruments, […]

    2006, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, page 3029

Origin

From mis- + detect.

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APA

misdetect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdetect

MLA

“misdetect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdetect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misdetect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdetect.

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