Meaning & use
miscategorized
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Placed something into the wrong category or classification by mistake.
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The database miscategorized dozens of products under the wrong heading.
Reviewers noticed the film had been miscategorized as a comedy instead of a drama.
A note on using this word
The prefix 'mis-' here signals an error in classification rather than intentional wrongdoing, common in data, retail, and library organization contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
misclassifiedmislabeled
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