as in to misapply
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Recent Examples of misname
In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.
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Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.
—Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
In some editions, a story that began on the cover about the central SoMa development lawsuit settlement misnamed a nonprofit developer hoping to build affordable housing in South of Market.
—SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 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, 15 June 2019
Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.
—Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
In some editions, a story that began on the cover about the central SoMa development lawsuit settlement misnamed a nonprofit developer hoping to build affordable housing in South of Market.
—SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 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, 15 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misname
Verb
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But sometimes people misapply the word tradition to things that are simply obsolete.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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Our biased admiration for good fathers is misapplied to a species, such as the bald eagle, in which biparental care is the rule.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2023
Verb
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From hiring algorithms that penalize women to facial recognition systems that misidentify people of color, AI is at risk of replicating—and even amplifying—our worst human prejudices.—
Sagar Gupta,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Even when a product is labeled with the relevant ingredients, mushrooms are notoriously easy to misidentify when collected.—
Joshua Kellogg,
The Conversation,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Nearly every major polling outfit miscalled the 2016 Presidential race.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2020
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“Misname.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misname. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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