🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

誤ったラベルを貼る

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ayamatta raberu o haru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mislabel/ˌmɪsˈleɪ.bəl/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"荷物に誤ったラベルを貼ると配達遅延の原因になります。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To put a wrong or inappropriate label on something, or to describe or characterize something incorrectly.

    "The laboratory had to recall the medicine because the vials were mislabelled."
  2. 2

    To classify or categorize a person or concept inaccurately.

    "Critics argued that calling the policy a tax cut was to mislabel an increase in hidden fees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the pejorative prefix mis- (derived from Old English 'mis-', indicating wrong or bad) with the noun and verb label (derived from Old French 'label', meaning a narrow strip or tag). The verb form emerged in the late 19th century as mass production and standardized packaging required precise product identification.

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