misdescription
- noun
- /ˌmɪsdɪsˈkrɪpʃən/
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descripción errónea
- The article was criticized for its misdescription of the new policy, leading to confusion among the public.
Examples
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The lawyer pointed out that the report was a complete misdescription of the facts presented during the trial.
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Her misdescription of the event caused several misunderstandings among the attendees.
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Aquifer, when you say the question is between public policy and private charity, I think it is a misdescription.
Blog text (6)
Synonyms
63
4.6
Information that is wrong and shared by mistake
46
5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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4.3
A statement that is not true
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7.5
A statement that gives false information about something
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4.9
A mistake in information or measurement
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5.8
An incorrect statement that gives the wrong facts
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8.3
A wrong description that makes a person or event seem bad
A report that gives wrong information, often by mistake
Giving information in a misleading way that makes people misunderstand it
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
misdescription = description (transparent) = mis + description
The negative prefix 'mis-' (wrong/incorrect) attaches to the noun 'description' to yield 'incorrect or misleading description', a directly inferable meaning.
Etymology
The word misdescription is built from mis-, meaning 'wrong' as in mistake, and description, meaning 'saying or writing what something is like'. So a misdescription is simply a 'wrong description' that gives the wrong idea about something.