Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈmɪsneɪm/
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/mɪsˈneɪm/
Noun
A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
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Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
And it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
Verb
To call by a wrong name.
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Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.
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Near-synonym: misnomer
Elsewhere is pain in looking back on the blotted page misnamed Experience.
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The Intelligence Office proved to be as much misnamed as those institutions usually are, and varying degrees of unintelligence were shown in the candidates offered for the position of cook at Boxley Hall; […]
Verb
assign in incorrect name to
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These misnamed philanthropists