misname
verb (used with object)
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
misnamed
Example Sentences
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Cardi B, who also wore a towering black turban, misnamed her designer Monday in an interview with Vogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
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
You’d almost think it was real, Isidore observed as he headed back to the Van Ness Pet Hospital—that carefully misnamed little enterprise which barely existed in the tough, competitive field of false-animal repair.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
