misnomer
/ˌmɪsˈnoʊməɹ/ verb C2- To use an incorrect, and especially misleading, name for (someone or something); to misidentify, to misname.
He/she/it misnomers · Past misnomered · Past participle misnomered · -ing form misnomering
Verb forms
- Base form
- misnomer
- He/she/it
- misnomers
- Past
- misnomered
- Past participle
- misnomered
- -ing form
- misnomering
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