Definition of "misnamed" []

• Present participle of misname. (verb)

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• "It was briefly thought that visceral fat produced a hormone involved in insulin resistance, but this has been disproved by clinical tests see, resistin, a hormone, ultimately misnamed, which is produced by adipose tissue and does cause insulin resistance in mice but not in humans."
• "Oh! Well if the first try was just "misnamed", OK, try, try again? .... lol, I guess you think "profits" are bad 2 year one comment person?"
• "Why are the misnamed incentive auctions all the rage in Washington?"