verbWord forms: -bels, -belling, -belledWord forms: US-bels, -beling or -beled(transitive)
to label wrongly
mislabel in American English
(mɪsˈleɪbəl)
verb transitiveWord forms: misˈlabeled or misˈlabelled, misˈlabeling or misˈlabelling
to label incorrectly or improperly
mislabel in American English
(mɪsˈleibəl)
transitive verbWord forms: -beled, -beling or esp Brit -belled, -belling
to label wrongly, incorrectly, or misleadingly
to mislabel a bottle of medicine
Word origin
[mis-1 + label]mis- is a prefix applied to various parts of speech, meaning “ill,” “mistaken,” “wrong,”“wrongly,” “incorrectly,” or simply negating. Other words that use the affix mis- include: misprint, mistrial, mistrust