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inaptronym

noun

Etymology

From in- + aptronym.

Definitions

  1. A name that is not well suited to its owner.

    • His girlfriend's name was a most grotesque inaptronym.
    • The police chief, who bears the wonderful inaptronym “Danielle Outlaw,” answers to him, as do the police themselves.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA