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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

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