Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
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Misname
/ˈmɪsneɪm/
Synonyms for "misname" (16 found)
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Noun(3 words)
false nameinaccurate designationlabeling error
Verb(1 words)
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Verb(2 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (8)
Noun(7 words)
Adverb(1 words)
poorly named identifiers
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8 entriesfalse namefalse naminglabeling errormap misnamingmisnomernaming errorplacename errorwrong designation
Collocations
11 entriescommon misnamefalse nameincorrect misnamemisname a personmisname a plantmisname a speciesmisname in recordsmisname of the speciesmisname on mapsmisname on the labelmisname someone
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3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
And it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
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Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
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Near-synonym: misnomer
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