: incorrect or false identification The long-term nature of a life insurance policy sometimes accounts for a misidentification of the insured.— Harriett E.

What does it mean when evidence is misidentified?

transitive verb. : to identify (someone or something) incorrectly … a coroner apparently misidentified the bullet he removed from the victim, stating that its caliber differed from that of the bullet entered as evidence against the known shooter.—

What does Miss identified mean?

To identify incorrectly. mis′i·den′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.