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misnomered

misnomered is the simple past and past participle of misnomer.

Meaning of misnomer

Verb

misnomer (third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered)

  1. (transitive) To use an incorrect, and especially misleading, name for (someone or something); to misidentify, to misname.
    Synonyms:
    misnome

See all 5 meanings of misnomer

Adjective

misnomered (not generally comparable, comparative more misnomered, superlative most misnomered)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Misnamed by way of an instance of misnomering.

Forms of misnomered

comparativemore misnomered
superlativemost misnomered

Questions about misnomered

What does misnomered mean?
Misnomered means misnamed by way of an instance of misnomering.
What is misnomered the simple past and past participle of?
Misnomered is the simple past and past participle of misnomer.
What part of speech is misnomered?
Misnomered is an adjective.

Words near misnomered in the dictionary

  1. misnesting
  2. misnests
  3. Misnia
  4. misnomed
  5. misnomer
  6. misnomered
  7. misnomering
  8. misnomers
  9. misnomial
  10. misnominal
  11. misnormalize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misnomered (page history and authors); misnomer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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