1. the act of calling something by a wrong name or term

1. present participle of miscall; calling by a wrong name or term

Examples

• The teacher was miscalling several students’ names on the first day.
• His miscalling of the plant species confused the other botanists.
• She kept miscalling the new software program by its old name.
• The miscalling of the witness created confusion in the courtroom.
• Stop miscalling me by my sister’s name!
• The reporter’s miscalling of the politician’s title was embarrassing.
• Frequent miscalling of technical terms made the presentation unclear.