📚 Misnomer, noun.
🔉 /mɪsˈnəʊmə/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition: A wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
❗️ Examples:
1. Morning sickness is a misnomer for many women, since the nausea can occur any time during the day.
2. The latter designation is a misnomer, because a mild degree of ketosis often is present, and a true coma is uncommon.
3. Indeed, the very name seems a misnomer, suggesting that justice has been definitely achieved just by spending a few extra pennies that fair trade guarantees above the market price.
4. I always thought that was a just a cute name… or a misnomer, like Pennsylvania Dutch.
5. The disease name is actually a misnomer because North Carolina reports the most number of cases.
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