miscall

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to call or name a person or thing incorrectly

   The article continued to miscall the island a peninsula.

2. 2
   verb

   to make an incorrect judgment, prediction, or official call

   Several analysts managed to miscall the close election.

3. 3
   verb

   archaic or dialectal: to insult or call someone abusive names

   The angry neighbors began to miscall one another across the fence.

From Middle English miscallen, formed from mis-, 'wrongly or badly,' + call. The oldest senses include insulting someone by name; modern use commonly means naming, judging, or predicting incorrectly.

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