mislabeled

1. 1.

   branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements

   “confiscated the misbranded drugs”

   Synonymsmisbranded

   Similarillegal

Questions about mislabeled

What does mislabeled mean?

mislabeled means "branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements".

How many syllables are in mislabeled?

mislabeled has 3 syllables: mi-slabe-led. The stress falls on "slabe". In IPA it is /mɪˈsleɪbəld/.

What is another word for mislabeled?

Close synonyms include misbranded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mislabeled a common word?

mislabeled is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.