miscalled

Verb

miscall (third-person singular simple present miscalls, present participle miscalling, simple past and past participle miscalled)

1. (dialectal) To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
   • But one aboue the rest in speciall, / That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name, / Repined greatly, and did him miscall, / That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
2. To call (someone or something) incorrectly or by the wrong title or name.
   • I can believe such an instance—can believe love taking strong root amid cruelty, poverty, suffering, and danger, rather than in the withering atmosphere of this crowded city—this miscalled social, but really heartless, life; where petty interests distract the mind, and mean desires absorb the heart.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 174

   Synonyms:

   misname

3. To announce the result of an election incorrectly.
   • The networks soon discovered that they had miscalled Florida, based, so it was later explained, on important errors and miscalculations made from their combined pool source of information, the Voter News Service.2002, A.E. Busch, J.W. Ceasar, The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election, Rowman & Littlefield, page 10
4. To announce one's hand of cards incorrectly.
   • When the loser thinks he has the hand beat he turns over his hand only to find that the winner has miscalled his hand, and since "cards speak," the miscaller wins.1983, David M. Hayano, Poker Faces: The Life and Work of Professional Card Players, page 59

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