mis·i·den·ti·fy (mĭs′ī-dĕn′tə-fī′) tr.v. mis·i·den·ti·fied ,
mis·i·den·ti·fy·ing ,
mis·i·den·ti·fies To identify incorrectly.
mis′i·den′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
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misidentify (ˌmɪsaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪ ) vb (
tr ) ,
-fies ,
-fying or -fied to identify incorrectly
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misidentify Past participle: misidentifiedGerund: misidentifyingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative misidentify misidentify
Present I misidentify you misidentify he/she/it misidentifies we misidentify you misidentify they misidentify
Preterite I misidentified you misidentified he/she/it misidentified we misidentified you misidentified they misidentified
Present Continuous I am misidentifying you are misidentifying he/she/it is misidentifying we are misidentifying you are misidentifying they are misidentifying
Present Perfect I have misidentified you have misidentified he/she/it has misidentified we have misidentified you have misidentified they have misidentified
Past Continuous I was misidentifying you were misidentifying he/she/it was misidentifying we were misidentifying you were misidentifying they were misidentifying
Past Perfect I had misidentified you had misidentified he/she/it had misidentified we had misidentified you had misidentified they had misidentified
Future I will misidentify you will misidentify he/she/it will misidentify we will misidentify you will misidentify they will misidentify
Future Perfect I will have misidentified you will have misidentified he/she/it will have misidentified we will have misidentified you will have misidentified they will have misidentified
Future Continuous I will be misidentifying you will be misidentifying he/she/it will be misidentifying we will be misidentifying you will be misidentifying they will be misidentifying
Present Perfect Continuous I have been misidentifying you have been misidentifying he/she/it has been misidentifying we have been misidentifying you have been misidentifying they have been misidentifying
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been misidentifying you will have been misidentifying he/she/it will have been misidentifying we will have been misidentifying you will have been misidentifying they will have been misidentifying
Past Perfect Continuous I had been misidentifying you had been misidentifying he/she/it had been misidentifying we had been misidentifying you had been misidentifying they had been misidentifying
Conditional I would misidentify you would misidentify he/she/it would misidentify we would misidentify you would misidentify they would misidentify
Past Conditional I would have misidentified you would have misidentified he/she/it would have misidentified we would have misidentified you would have misidentified they would have misidentified
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Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. misidentify - identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
confuse ,
confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
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