1. to call by a wrong name or term
Usage: past tense of misterm

Examples

• The species was mistermed for decades before scientists corrected the classification.
• He mistermed the device as a calculator when it was actually a computer.
• The building was mistermed a mansion though it was merely a large house.
• She mistermed the painting style as impressionist rather than expressionist.
• The condition was mistermed as a simple infection until proper tests were done.