as in moniker
a name that is wrong or not proper or appropriate
"International Airport" is something of a misnomer, since almost all the arriving and departing flights are local.
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Recent Examples of misnomer
However, the recent flurry of announcements by laptop OEMs and chip providers that power them has made that decision almost a misnomer.
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Prakash Sangam, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
At its heart, Nobody Wants This is a misnomer, because when the two worlds collide, the palettes accentuate the best parts of each other.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Philadelphia’s Italian Market is something of a misnomer.
—Regan Stephens, Saveur, 12 Sep. 2024
In adapting her nonfiction bestseller Three Women for television, author Lisa Taddeo has made the title something of a misnomer.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
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Prakash Sangam, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
At its heart, Nobody Wants This is a misnomer, because when the two worlds collide, the palettes accentuate the best parts of each other.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Philadelphia’s Italian Market is something of a misnomer.
—Regan Stephens, Saveur, 12 Sep. 2024
In adapting her nonfiction bestseller Three Women for television, author Lisa Taddeo has made the title something of a misnomer.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misnomer
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Starting in 1984, Chris and Rich played with a revolving cast of band members under the band’s new moniker, Mr. Crowe’s Garden, named after the children’s book, Johnny Crow’s Garden.Charles Moss, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The Stronach Group, the owner of Santa Anita and operating under the moniker of 1/ST Racing, has a proposal to help alleviate the impact on Northern California horsemen.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The lawsuit said leaked information included license plate numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle nicknames and, in a small number of cases, mailing addresses.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Glas said another man named Mike, but without the nickname, was also ruled out as a suspect.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Color systems date back to at least the 17th century, but in the 19th century, an ornithologist named Robert Ridgway took issue with some of the existing nomenclature of colors, according to Daniel Lewis, who authored The Feathery Tribe, a biography of Ridgway.Emma Bowman, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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If one department creates its own unique nomenclature for entering new customer data and another department does the same, there could be years' worth of data that focuses on the same category.Robert Clark, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Surely someone that diminutive will just be a scrambler who chases down balls and loops them back until the sun sets. Wrong.The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 9 July 2024
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But that’s hardly the only reason the diminutive forward made the San Jose Sharks roster out of training camp.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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The children also argued that the beneficiary designation from the previous employer should have been applied.Bob Carlson, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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While Blinken did not specify which groups the U.S. would engage with, the State Department has not ruled out discussions with HTS, despite its designation as a terrorist organization.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Misnomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misnomer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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