misrefers
/ˌmɪsrɪˈfɜrz/
verb
- Third person singular present of misrefer: refers to something or someone incorrectly or mistakenly.
- He often misrefers to his colleagues by the wrong names.
- The article misrefers to the study as being from 2019 when it was actually published in 2020.
- The map misrefers to the river as the Blue River, but locals call it the Green River.