misname
verb (used with object)
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
misnaming
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present participleof misname.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Other California Democrats rallied behind Padilla after the misnaming incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2025
In the latter category, Jamieson included misnaming individuals and bragging about crowd sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024
The usage infantilizes both the reader and the book’s subject, adding to a centuries-long history of disrespectful misnaming — a history that White himself contested by entitling his autobiography “A Man Called White.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
I think we have a habit of misnaming political experiences in ways that help us metabolize loss.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020
“I have such a stupid habit of misnaming people.”
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
