misnamed in English
verb
1
give (something) a wrong or inappropriate name.
summer peas—misnamed, because they are beans—thrive in hot weather
verb
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1. Seemingly misnamed, pelagic Cormorants are rarely seen far from land
2. 27 The truth is that junk bonds were misnamed, and therefore misunderstood.
3. 2 The truth is that junk bonds were misnamed, and therefore misunderstood.
4. Bush effectively admitted this much in mid - 2004 , acknowledging that " We actually misnamed the war on terror . "