Dictionary entry

Misnomer

Pronunciation: /mɪsˈnəʊmə/

Pronunciation

/mɪsˈnəʊmə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မဆလျော်သည့်အမည်၊စကားလုံး။

Definition

misnomer /mÇs'nǝƱmǝ(r) / n မဆီေလ်ာ္သည့္ အမည္၊ စကားလံုး။ ‘Luxury hotel’ was a complete misnomer for the dilapidated building we stayed in.

Examples

  1. Cottage is perhaps a misnomer for such a large house.
  2. [a bit of/something of a misnomer] : ‘Lucky’ seemed a bit of misnomer for the unfortunate little dog.