mislabel

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/mɪsˈleɪbəl/

verb

To label incorrectly.

“Be sure not to mislabel the files or you'll never find them again!”

OriginEnglish label ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmislabel (third-person singular simple present mislabels, present participle (US) mislabeling or (UK) mislabelling, simple past and past participle (US) mislabeled or (UK) mislabelled)

present singular third person mislabels · US participle present mislabeling · UK participle present mislabelling · US participle past mislabeled · US past mislabeled · UK participle past mislabelled · UK past mislabelled

  1. To label incorrectly.

    Be sure not to mislabel the files or you'll never find them again!

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishlabel
  10. Englishmislabel

From mis- + label.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mislabel

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Cite this entry
APA

mislabel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabel

MLA

“mislabel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mislabel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mislabel.

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