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  • verb Present participle of mislabel.

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Examples

  • Even if you're someone who eats meat--or, like me, someone who doesn't eat meat but does wear some leather in the form of belts and shoes--you must surely be disturbed by the practice of trapping and skinning dogs and yes cats for their fur, and then "mislabeling" said fur as fake or as a type of fur less upsetting to some Westerners, for example raccoon.

    Sickening 2007

  • Even if you're someone who eats meat--or, like me, someone who doesn't eat meat but does wear some leather in the form of belts and shoes--you must surely be disturbed by the practice of trapping and skinning dogs and yes cats for their fur, and then "mislabeling" said fur as fake or as a type of fur less upsetting to some Westerners, for example raccoon.

    Sickening 2007

  • SURVIVING PARTIES AND OTHER GET-TOGETHERS 1. arriving overdressed/underdressed 2. arriving without a gift 3. deciding whether to hug, kiss, or shake hands 4. forgetting a name 5. mislabeling people 6. pretending to understand something you don’t 7. drinking with alcoholics 8. getting caught telling tales 9. not liking the food

    Saving Face Andy Robin 2005

  • SURVIVING PARTIES AND OTHER GET-TOGETHERS 1. arriving overdressed/underdressed 2. arriving without a gift 3. deciding whether to hug, kiss, or shake hands 4. forgetting a name 5. mislabeling people 6. pretending to understand something you don’t 7. drinking with alcoholics 8. getting caught telling tales 9. not liking the food

    Saving Face Andy Robin 2005

  • The PSLs are also engaged in several collaborative programs within their regions that include topics such as mislabeling of blood specimens, wrong-site surgery, falls and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI).

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • "The U.S. cannot win the battle on food safety without addressing economic fraud such as mislabeling and transshipment," states Williams.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Mr. Tang said he suspects that Wal-Mart executives were aware of its alleged pork mislabeling before the bureau informed the retailer.

    Wal-Mart's Past Infractions in Chinese City Called Minor Laurie Burkitt 2011

  • Asia Today: Wal-Mart reopens stores in the Chinese city of Chongqing, after a pork mislabeling scandal closed the chain for two weeks.

    Wal-Mart Reopens 13 Stores in China Laurie Burkitt 2011

  • The researchers excluded screening tests during the first two months after a cancer diagnosis to make sure they weren't mislabeling tests that helped in the diagnosis.

    Overtesting Cancer Patients In Late Stages AP 2010

  • While I would not consider Usurper of the Sun a light novel, I can see the layperson possibly mislabeling it as such.

    Haikasoru vs. Light Novels « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2009

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