ˌmisclassifiˈcation [mis-1 4.] Erroneous classification. 1827Hare GuessesSer. i. (1873) 80 The misclassifications..produced by a general term.1901W. Callaway in Publ.Mod.Lang.Assoc.Amer. XVI. 155 In such a mass of details occasional..misclassifications are inevitable.