to misdescribe
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6.3
- verb
- /ˌmɪs.dɪˈskraɪb/
:
describir incorrectamente
- It's frustrating when people misdescribe my ideas instead of addressing them directly.
Examples
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I remember bristling as I heard our materials misdescribed.
Academic text (1997) -
In saying why he is "so suspicious" of my view, Garfield misdescribes it.
Academic text (2016) -
But in the sign he'll post, he'll probably misdescribe the answering machine because he still doesn't really know what it is and will not receive any responses.
Fiction book (1998) -
That both conflicts are frequently misdescribed points again to the under-theorized character of secession.
Blog text (17) -
Hence, in Augustine, as in Longinus, we find the forerunner of what is often misdescribed as a distinctly modern view of style.
Academic text (1992) -
The article misdescribes the company's financial situation, leading many to believe it is struggling.
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If he continues to misdescribe the project, the team will struggle to understand its true goals.
Synonyms
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6.9
Give a false story about someone or something to trick people
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6.2
To say or report something that is not correct
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8.0
To describe a person or thing unfairly
How Accurate
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1.0
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word misdescribe joins the part mis- meaning 'wrong' with describe, which comes from the same root as scribe meaning 'to write'. So, misdescribe means to 'describe something incorrectly'.