misname
verb (used with object)
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
misnamed
Example Sentences
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That said, the new ships will be equipped with modern weaponry such as guided missiles, some carrying nuclear warheads, but according to standard naval nomenclature, that means they’re misnamed as “battleships.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
Warnings contained contradictory information and sometimes misnamed districts.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
Correction: An earlier version of the story misnamed the Utah Division of Water Rights.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
In early fall 1918, the misnamed “Spanish” flu raged throughout the Northwest.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
