Sentences with phrase «of a misnomer because»

«In genetic engineering, «engineering» is really kind of a misnomer because there wasn't a lot of engineering in there,» says Jay Keasling, director of Synberc.

«I've always thought that the phrase «global warming» was something of a misnomer because it suggests that the phenomenon is something that is uniform around the world, that it's all about temperature, and that it's gradual,» Holdren said yesterday at the annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy in Washington, D.C. (AAAS publishes ScienceInsider.)

These are called humic acid (which is a bit of a misnomer because it's not acidic, but rather is highly alkaline) and some brands I've tested have a pH of 10!

The title is a bit of a misnomer because, if anything, Jennifer Beals» femme fatale is not deadly enough, and the movie also lacks a proper bad guy, a larger - than - life, charismatic kingpin: a Sidney Greenstreet or a John Huston; Maury Chaykin's creepy political candidate would have fit the bill nicely but he's only onscreen for a couple of minutes.

The name is really a bit of a misnomer because it is really two separate tests.

Ok, perhaps us calling this an «early access» is a bit of a misnomer because Act of Aggression actually isn't listed as an early access title per se.

On the consumer side, Dryja and Poon have noted that locking up money is a bit of a misnomer because users can still spend that money on the Lightning Network.

The phrase «Internet - based MLS» is something of a misnomer because these newfangled MLS systems aren't on the Internet in the usual way.

Not exact matches

In DC, the march begins at noon Eastern time and will last until 3 p.m. Because of the crowds expected — organizers have a permit for 500,000 people — the term «march» is something of a misnomer; the event is going to be held in one place, on on Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street Northwest to 12th Street Northwest.

Mr. Carson points out that the term «chaos theory» is a misnomer because it is based on a mathematically demonstrable set of conclusions regarding certain kinds of determinate but complex physical systems.

That appellation is a misnomer because there are dozens — if not hundreds — of pod types within the species, and the Spanish name habanero technically refers to a specific pod type from the Yucatán Peninsula.

Not to get too off topic but depending on the strain most people have it and just never know, and even the «genital» strain (which is a misnomer because you can get either type anywhere), a lot of men who have it never get outbreaks so they genuinely don't know.

He says signing players for the sake of it is a gamble - but expecting improvement to come from within the squad is also a gamble, and a misnomer as far as Wenger is concerned because his tactics are self - defeating, and anyway it simply doesn't work like that.

Many spend whatever maternity leave they get pumping to build up stashes of frozen breast milk to leave with caregivers and, once back at work, schedule pumping breaks about once every three hours (calling them «breaks» is a misnomer, however, because many women continue to work while pumping).

However, it does bear mentioning that «anarchist country» is a misnomer... anarchists would not have a country, because a country, by definition has a government of some sort.

Strictly speaking, the term particle is a misnomer because the dynamics of particle physics are governed by quantum mechanics.

It is often considered a type of «false - labor,» but this is a misnomer, because doctors and midwives will explain that the contractions are real but they start and stop.

Because, as Levine says, «no one truly thrives off of persistent, chronic stress — that is a misnomer.»

It's actually somewhat of a misnomer, however, because, in reality, the algorithm considers hundreds of factors when determining compatibility.

«Online dating is a funny kind of misnomer, because people don't actually date online,» Ginsberg said.

This is a bit of misnomer, because though they may look different, they depressingly function in the exact same way.

But speaking of incoherence, even the very title is a misnomer because there are really only six psychopaths.

I hope this is just a language issue — politicians and journalists share a love of short and catchy phrases — because from an academic standpoint both terms are terrible misnomers.

The «war on terror» is a misnomer because the vast majority of Americans don't live in terror of a foreign enemy; Americans of color, though, have always lived and still live in terror of racial violence, some of it from our own government (i.e. police).

The title Batman: Arkham Origins may be a misnomer, because it specifically scopes on the early career of Batman, and the myth of the Joker.

«Some people argue that the term «Greenhouse Effect» is a misnomer because the walls of a greenhouse really prevent mixing with cold outside air.

The term «ocean skin» is rather a misnomer because in reality the area of interaction between air and water is a haze of mixed water and air molecules in constant dynamic interaction.

A «video resume» is a bit of a misnomer really, because you can't summarize your career history in a video.

As we've pointed out numerous times in our blog, a «national criminal database search» (in quotes because it's actually a misnomer)-- one of the practices targeted by the FTC in its case against the penalized background screening company — should never be reported without proper quality assurance and without local - level court records verification.

In researching ODD here is what I learned: The term disorder is a misnomer because it is not a disorder but instead a learned behavior, or likely a combination of a child's home environment and inherited factors including:

The term Reverse Exchange is therefore really a misnomer because it actually consists of: (1) a parking transaction where either the replacement property or the relinquished property is acquired and held or parked by the Exchange Accommodation Titleholder; and (2) a simultaneous tax - deferred like - kind Exchange (not a true Reverse Exchange) occurs either at the beginning (Exchange First Structure) or at the end (Exchange Last Structure) of the Reverse Exchange transaction.

«To repair a driveway is sort of a misnomer; you can't really repair concrete because the patch looks worse than the crack.

«But that's a little bit of [a] misnomer, because there are actually a lot of transactions happening.