This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. An error in naming a person or place.

n. Application of a wrong name.

n. A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

n. A use of a term asserted to be misleading; a misname.

n. A term asserted to be widely used incorrectly.

n. A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.

v.  To use a misleading term; to misname.

n. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.

v. To misname.

n. A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong name or designation.

n. In law, an error in name; misstatement in a document of the name of a person.

n. Hence A mistaken name or designation; a misapplied term.

To designate by a mistaken or unsuitable name; misname.

n. an incorrect or unsuitable name

"Give Bush credit for his Aids program in Africa, but his “compassionate conservatism” was a misnomer from the “get go”."

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