misclassing

/ˌmɪsˈklæsɪŋ/
noun
  1. The act or process of assigning something to the wrong category or group.
    • The software update reduced the misclassing of emails as spam.
    • The teacher noticed a misclassing of students into the wrong reading groups.
    • Misclassing of data can lead to incorrect conclusions in the study.
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