Misdescribe

Word MISDESCRIBE
Character 11
Hyphenation mis de scribe
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Misdescribe"

What do we mean by misdescribe?

To describe wrongly or falsely. transitive verb

To describe falsely or erroneously.

To describe wrongly. transitive verb

To incorrectly explain or detail something or someone. verb

To incorrectly explain or detail something or someone.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Misdescribe

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The word "misdescribe" in example sentences

In his blog, Lindsay wrote that it's nice that some politicians are finally willing to acknowledge our existence, but are we so desperate for acceptance that we'll allow others to condescendingly misdescribe us as adherents of a faith? ❋ Chris Stedman (2011)

Some of these complaints are well-founded, others are not; but even if all were true, they would misdescribe and undervalue what is going on here. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The combination of 1 and 2 leads him to misdescribe the actual biology of cognition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They accept the language of the Administration to misdescribe what has happened and what is happening. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ideas that work perfectly well in one—and describe the world in that setting—may not work in understanding the other: they misdescribe the world in a shifted setting… ❋ Unknown (2008)

Hardly surprisingly, by the nineteenth century these surnames were well represented on the UK mainland, especially NW England, and elsewhere on the planet but the academics at UCL prefer to believe that the world ends at Formby Point, to misdescribe and misinterpret according to a naming system less ancient than the one they are messing with! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Eliminative materialists argue that the central tenets of folk psychology radically misdescribe cognitive processes; consequently, the posits of folk psychology pick out nothing that is real. ❋ Ramsey, William (2007)

There's another issue which he did not directly address, which is, did the president and his top aids misdescribe the intelligence when they were making their case for war? ❋ Unknown (2005)

To show that one thing can be called by many names and that some names specify the object but misdescribe it, the Stranger introduces some machinery. ❋ Gill, Mary Louise (2005)

CONYERS: Well, I have no idea -- well, what needs to be done is to not misdescribe the convention, the conference, and I must take exception to all of these spineless delegates that are walking around. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Lady Shalem sat in well-considered prominence, confident that every press critic and reporter would note her presence, and that one or two of them would describe, or misdescribe, her toilet. ❋ 1870-1916 Saki (1893)

This leaves plenty of scope for advisers to be creative about how they misdescribe the services they're selling you -- and when money is at stake, we know how creative advisers can be. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's up to four more preposterous names to remember, to note down and not to lose, to try not to slanderously misdescribe on a future visit to Neal's Yard. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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