misdescribe

 [mis-di-skrahyb]  

mis·de·scribe

   [mis-di-skrahyb]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), mis·de·scribed, mis·de·scrib·ing.
to describe incorrectly or falsely.
Origin:
1820–30; mis-1 + describe

Related forms
mis·de·scrip·tion  [mis-di-skrip-shuhn] , noun
mis·de·scrip·tive, adjective
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