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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mis·no·mer /ˌmɪsˈnomɚ/
 用詞不當

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mis·no·mer n.  The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.
    Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary =\“reforms”.\=   --Burke.
    The word =\“synonym” is fact a misnomer.\=   --Whately.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mis·no·mer, v. t. To misname. [R.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 misnomer
      n : an incorrect or unsuitable name