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Abstract Achieving high classification accuracy is vital in reliable information extraction from images. Single classifiers and existing ensemble methods suffer from data dimensionality, insufficient ground truth information and lack in defining optimal feature selection. This article presents a novel idea for constructing component classifiers that boost random subspace ensemble method in improving its classification performance. It is achieved through sub-optimal training of component classifiers through interference in training process during validation error evaluation. The new approach allows to enforce different class errors among component classifiers, besides improving individual class accuracy. This article demonstrates effectiveness of the anti-cross validation approach using three classical hyperspectral Image (HSI) datasets with significant improvement in classification accuracies from 3 to 10% with the proposed approach.