Verb
To screen (examine in order to assess the status of) improperly.
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In judging the evidence on these and subsequent questions, the 5 per cent level of statistical significance is used. χ² and p values are always given for the combination of over-and underscreening into per cent misscreened and for the combination of over- and underrating into per cent misrated.
Let me say this: In going from about 3,000 girls to 9,500 girls in a very short period of time, in April, May, and June, we got some youngsters who were misscreened, were poorly screened, and didn't belong in the Job Corps.
a very limited number of plants (about 0.5%), classified as susceptible to scab in greenhouse, showed no scab lesions after two years in nursery and, because they had all the Vf-linked markers, were probably misscreened in greenhouse;