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misrepresentation
[ mis-rep-ri-zen-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or state of being represented incorrectly, improperly, falsely, or unsatisfactorily:
Your degree may be revoked if fraud, misrepresentation, or other violations of university standards are found to have occurred.
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- pre·mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of misrepresentation1
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Example Sentences
To refer to these nights of protest as clashes with police would be a misrepresentation of the situation.
In his article, Robert Cherry begins with a misrepresentation.
Criticism is one thing, and that's always fair game, but outright misrepresentation is indefensible.
Debate, as we saw last Wednesday night, sometimes over-rewards the glib one-liner, or incentivizes stubborn misrepresentation.
Such a concerted campaign of misrepresentation will be hard to chalk up to the actions of a few rogue police officers.
When this is done a misrepresentation constitutes a breach of warranty and the contract becomes void.
Great error and misrepresentation, his lordship said, prevailed on this subject throughout the country.
If I seem to have posed before you as a noble-minded philanthropist, I have been guilty of careless misrepresentation.
If, on the other hand, he is governed by commercial considerations only, the misrepresentation will probably be perpetuated.
Duplicity and misrepresentation are not confined to patent medicines.
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