misnamedadj.
/ˌmɪsˈneɪmd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈneɪmd/ Wrongly or inappropriately named.
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the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > wrongly
misnamed1548
mistermed1582
miscalled1651
misnomered1741
misnomed1804
mistitled1829
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxijv He secretly sent wise espialles..to searche & prye oute of what progeny thys misnamed Rycharde was dissended.
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiv. 86 If good things be abused it is by ill peple, whose misnamed custom is right named error, and well blamed lewdnesse.
1623 J. Hagthorpe Visiones Rerum 95 She show'd me..Three cruell Princes foule with Patricide: A Turke a (misnam'd) Christian, and a Moore.
1828 N. P. Willis Legendary II. 269 That which has supported the sage in his dungeon, the martyr at the stake, and many a misnamed hero, is not wanting here.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 303 A tone of sadness reigns through this misnamed Paradise of Daintiness.
1904 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 164 The now misnamed Pacific Ocean.
1987 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 19 Mar. 3 The groups argue that the woefully misnamed Competitive Equality Banking Act protects the securities industry at the expense of the American consumer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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