misimpression
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Synonyms
incomprehension, misapprehension, misconstruction, misconstruing, misinterpretation, misknowledge, misreading, misunderstanding
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Thus, lawmakers have an opportunity to propose the inclusion of details that may be necessary to correct any misimpressions; or Democrats could prepare their own summary in an effort to demonstrate Nunes’s partisan spin. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "The Clamor over the Nunes ‘FISA Abuse’ Memo," 25 Jan. 2018 Many in the local tourism industry say visitors have been scared away by the misimpression that the entire area has been reduced to ash and rubble. — Jim Carlton, WSJ, "Napa Valley Wine Country Survives Fire, Struggles With Drop in Visitors," 4 Dec. 2017 Clinton would say things that were technically true but that created a misimpression that kind of intentionally sent people in the wrong direction. — David Friend, Newsweek, "Before Trump Was President, Online Sex Videos, Bill Clinton and the Naughty '90s Changed America," 7 Sep. 2017 But sifting through the Pickles also corrected some misimpressions of history. — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, "CIA briefings for JFK shed new light on Cuban missile crisis | Miami Herald," 18 Oct. 2015 The company said its communications with workers were an attempt to provide information and clear up misimpressions, and that dues were not a focal point. — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, "Nissan Workers in Mississippi Reject Union Bid by U.A.W.," 5 Aug. 2017 That misimpression convinced the company to provide ticketing-processing services for the festival. — Andy Gensler, Billboard, "Ticket Seller Sues Fyre Festival, Claims Consumers Haven't Gotten 'A Penny' Back," 16 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'misimpression.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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