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Beyond that, choosing the best gardening bench—something of a misnomer, because it’s more table than bench—comes down to your particular needs.

Among this rarefied group, ProPublica found, the term “individual retirement account” has become a misnomer.

Workers “at the Mercy of” TOSHA and EmployersWhen Stanberry was injured in 2016, TOSHA conducted what’s called a rapid response investigation, but the term is a misnomer, as it doesn’t involve sending an inspector to the site to interview workers.

To describe the Ivy as a “hotel” is something of a misnomer.

Colugos are also called “flying lemurs,” which is a misnomer because they cannot fly and they are not lemurs.

The wrestling worthy accessory is a bit of a misnomer—there is no cheekily exposed skin in this full-coverage contraption.

But its title is a misnomer: The far-from-renegade Gay is a very good feminist.

The sad thing is to see this misnomer being promulgated by gays themselves.

The phrase “kids for cash” is something of a misnomer, according to May.

Part of the reason for the bid-ask gap stems from the fact that calling Miramax or MGM a "studio" is a misnomer.

Yet the word vagrant is a misnomer in this city, where economy has reached a finesse that is marvelous.

The popular term in French and English of “medicine men” is not such a misnomer as might be supposed.

To speak of a Vee-Boer having household gods may seem a misnomer, since he never has a house.

Perhaps it was a misnomer for the party in favor of a broad national construction of the Constitution.

The Atlantic Ocean is geographically a misnomer, socially and politically a dwindling superstition.