to mischaracterize
10
8.0
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈkɛrɪktəˌraɪz/
- US
:
describir erróneamente
- But to say that they "discovered" it is to mischaracterize what occurred.
And then upon leaving Tinder, Tinder, there's this huge wave of press who are mischaracterizing you, what happened?
- And then upon leaving Tinder, Tinder, there's this huge wave of press who are mischaracterizing you, what happened?
- That's more about going you're wilfully mischaracterizing me.
- I have to be authentic, but I also have to be careful so that I don't get mischaracterized.
- We make mistakes and and mischaracterize scenarios and and make poor judgments that we can hopefully regret and learn from.
- Not only did CNN allow this person to mischaracterize JD Vance's position, he is against sex change procedures for minors, not adults.
- I don't want to mischaracterise your words there, but is it something that sits at the back of your mind in terms of, you know, that you, you fear there might be there?
Examples
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Both Egyptian and Western analysts have mischaracterized the movement.
Academic text (2007) -
Many media reports mischaracterize the nature of the protests as violent.
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I guess it helps your point if you mischaracterize mine constantly.
Blog text (11) -
Without this kind of detailed analysis, it is easy to mischaracterize performance and the behavior associated with it.
Academic text (2001) -
Does it somehow make you feel good to mischaracterize comments and call me a liar?
Blog text (4) -
Did you care how they were obtained as long as you could mischaracterize them like Heartland did?
Blog text (3) -
But she's not entitled to mischaracterize the incident to further her own agenda.
Blog text (16) -
The sheer fact that you are trying to mischaracterize them makes America suspicious of your motives.
Blog text (24) -
I'm sorry to hear that he mischaracterized your position, but I'm sure it will all be cleared up soon.
Fiction book (2001) -
The administration, Kirkpatrick posits, mischaracterized the revolutionary movements and the regimes to which they gave rise.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
97
4.6
To change facts so they become false or misleading
71
6.9
Give a false story about someone or something to trick people
23
8.0
To make something sound better to hide problems
14
6.2
To say or report something that is not correct
11
7.5
To change numbers or facts dishonestly to hide the truth
8
8.0
To change a message so people cannot understand it
3
5.8
To give wrong information in a report, often by mistake
3
5.9
To say something that is not exactly what happened to make it look better
1
6.3
Say something about a person or thing that is not correct
1
7.3
To give a wrong meaning of a word or idea
Change facts on purpose to make something seem better
Antonyms
How Accurate
14
6.2
- US
10
8.0
71
6.9
97
4.6
50
7.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
mischaracterize = characterize (transparent) = mis + character + ize
Attaching the productive prefix 'mis-' to the verb 'characterize' yields a predictable 'describe wrongly' meaning.
Etymology
The word mischaracterize combines mis- 'wrong' and character 'personality' and the verb characterize, which means to describe someone. So to mischaracterize someone is to describe them in a wrong or unfair way.