misname
verb
mis·name
| \ ˌmis-ˈnām
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misnamed;
misnaming;
misnames
Definition of misname
: to name incorrectly : miscall
Examples of misname in a Sentence
They misnamed the airport when they called it “international.” Almost all the arriving and departing flights are local.
The caption misnamed the person in the picture.
Recent Examples on the Web
Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reading Amelia Bedelia as a parable on domestic labor," 15 June 2019 Perhaps more than other forms of work, domestic labor is often misnamed as love, duty, or some kind of irresistible biological calling. — Sarah Blackwood, The New Yorker, "The Secret Rebellion of Amelia Bedelia, the Bartleby of Domestic Work," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'misname.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for misname
misname
verb
English Language Learners Definition of misname
: to give (someone or something) a name that is not proper or appropriate
: to give or show an incorrect name for (someone or something)
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