misnamed

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of misname
2. adjective Named with a misleading or otherwise poorly suited name, whether poorly chosen or unfortunately evolved.

Similar words

mislabeled misnomer mislabel misdescription misidentified misidentify misspelled misclassified misspelt misattribute

Often followed by

the as and a by because in liberal it

Word family

misname misnames misnaming