misrepresentative
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8.3
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/
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- The misleading advertisement was misrepresentative of the product, causing many customers to feel deceived.
Examples
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One of her main reasons for writing (other than financial necessity) is this desire to set down a record of her life in her own words, to keep others from creating a misrepresentative image.
Academic text (2018) -
It's ambiguously worded and open to interpretation, but hardly misrepresentative.
Blog text (28) -
So does that mean we can say he doped without being misrepresentative?
Blog text (29) -
Walking across the country, talking to people directly and through local media outlets and through the internet, and walking here to the seat of our misrepresentative government is a model for us all.
Blog text (13) -
Mr. Chairman, I find your term, "propensity for abortion"... misrepresentative of my position.
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Language has lost its meaning in the universal cant; representative government is really misrepresentative.
Academic text (2001) -
It's ambiguously worded and open to interpretation, but hardly misrepresentative.
Blog text (28) -
As he here insists, representative means misrepresentative, free means slave, and the word democracy is akin to bilge water.
Academic text (2001) -
The man is a fraud, fake, phony, crafty, deceptive, misrepresentative, feigned, superficial, a bamboozler, and any other similar adjective you can think of.
Blog text (22) -
In my opinion, this amendment is misrepresentative and meant to manipulate people's faith so politicians like Altman, Precourt, and Plakon can implement unpopular and seemingly unwanted programs.
Blog text (18)
Synonyms
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4.4
Giving a wrong idea that makes people believe false things
66
7.8
Pretending to be honest by hiding what you know
62
5.3
Appearing true but making someone believe something that is not true
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5.0
Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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8.7
Appearing true but actually wrong
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8.3
Making people believe things that are not true
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4.8
Not honest and likely to tell lies
Shown in a false way that gives people the wrong idea
Changed from the original meaning so it makes people believe something wrong
Making results unfair or wrong by changing normal conditions
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
misrepresentative = representative (transparent) = mis + represent + ative
The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'mis-' to 'representative', a standard and semantically clear negation.
Etymology
The word misrepresentative is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' and represent meaning 'to show', like the everyday word present, so it describes something that shows the situation in the wrong or misleading way.