How to Use misnomer in a Sentence

misnomer

noun

• The opera glove, at this point, has a bit of a misnomer.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2023
• The idea that this is just about Texas is a bit of a misnomer.
  — Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
• The title is a bit of a misnomer but doesn't mar the film.
  — Nathan Paige, cleveland.com, 26 June 2017
• The school’s name is a local misnomer on the order of the egg cream.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Kids’ club is a bit of a misnomer for a place that is more like a school.
  — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
• This total misnomer dates back to the 1880s when cakes and pies were baked in the same type of pan.
  — Jenny Comita, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2022
• This is why the idea of peak foliage is a little bit of a misnomer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• As for the name in use now at White Flint, Alan Kogan points out it’s a misnomer.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2021
• The name of the Driftless Region has always seemed a misnomer to me.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2017
• By the way, the title is a bit of a misnomer; any oak on the palate is very nominal.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2021
• This is a misnomer, since the -lith part of monolith means stone—this thing is metal.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
• Both Li and Feldman find the misnomer confusing, to say the least.
  — NBC News, 29 Sep. 2017
• The idea of an insurance adjuster is a bit of a misnomer.
  — Randall Lane, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• From the perspective of the players, the name of the league — Prime Time Athletics — was no misnomer.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
• Now, spiders aren’t supposed to have necks, and in fact calling this a neck is a bit of a misnomer.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2014
• The nickname, however, is a bit of a misnomer, SoRelle said.
  — Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2022
• This has led some readers to suspect that the title Naked Bike Ride is a misnomer.
  — Doug MacCash, nola.com, 9 June 2019
• Her name is something of a misnomer, as her energy flow is through the roof.
  — Washington Post, 11 July 2019
• But some may tap out early based purely on the fact that even the name of this show, Twin Peaks: The Return, is a slight misnomer.
  — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 21 May 2017
• Even the title was a misnomer; there was no march, just a gathering.
  — USA Today, 15 Oct. 2020
• The term slime mold is something of a misnomer, for these creatures aren’t molds or fungi at all.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
• Even the nickname Mad Dog is a misnomer; none of his friends use it, and Mattis himself does not care for it.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
• In some ways, SolarWinds is a misnomer for the campaign.
  — Author: Ellen Nakashima, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2021
• That group was Unlikely Hikers, but the name was a misnomer.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• One of the biggest misnomers in college football as of late has been the reemergence of Texas football.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 3 June 2019
• But that’s a bit of a misnomer, because the groundball specialist had a 2.81 ERA over his first five starts.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 22 May 2017
• The name is a misnomer; the oil comes from Texas but also from other US oilfields, and is then refined in the Midwest.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 15 July 2022
• The moniker feels like something of a misnomer, however.
  — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2023
• The term is a bit of a misnomer, because quiet quitters aren’t walking away from their jobs.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022
• Toning, in that case, is a misnomer, and refers more to muscle building paired with fat loss, which can then make muscles appear more prominent.
  — Amber Sayer, Health, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024