inaptronym

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Noun[edit]

inaptronym (plural inaptronyms)

  1. A name that is not well suited to its owner.
    Antonym: aptronym
    • 2018, Karenlee Thompson, Flame Tip:
      His girlfriend's name was a most grotesque inaptronym.
    • 2020, Kevin D. Williamson, Big White Ghetto:
      The police chief, who bears the wonderful inaptronym “Danielle Outlaw,” answers to him, as do the police themselves.
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