How to Use mischaracterization in a Sentence

mischaracterization

noun

• The claim is based on a mischaracterization of the data available, experts say.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
• Don’t get caught up in a mischaracterization of your behavior, your skills or your career desires.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• The new law would not affect self-defense statutes already on the books, a mischaracterization that Reeves has fought hard to counter.
  — Morgan Rimmer, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
• Now, to say the Bengals game was the first where the Colts pushed the ball downfield would be a mischaracterization.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2020
• Chawla said that this is a mischaracterization.
  — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
• The problem is worse than simply the mischaracterization of a single high-profile crime.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• Gaetz has framed the allegations as a gross mischaracterization of his playboy days.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• Lawrence, Kelly’s chief of staff, dismissed Kobach’s claims as a bad-faith mischaracterization of facts.
  — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
• But not accepting the virus as a severe universal threat, that was a mischaracterization.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• Again, the passages read aloud by Cruz are a serious mischaracterization.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• French scholars criticized both that chilling effect the term seems to have, as well as its crass mischaracterization of the fields of academic inquiry in its crosshairs.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• The report calls this a mischaracterization of the punishment carried out on a Black officer by an all-white chain of command.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
• At its core, this argument rests on profound mischaracterization of Adam Smith.
  — Mark Koyama, National Review, 23 Jan. 2023
• These mischaracterizations crumbled quickly when they were publicly exposed, but they were allowed to fester for years under a veil of secrecy.
  — John Dickas, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
• The claim is a mischaracterization of a case in which an appellate court ruled a protest organizer could be held liable for an attendee assaulting a police officer.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
• That's a mischaracterization of Mueller's nearly 450-page report and its core findings.
  — Hope Yen, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
• The error was quickly corrected, and framing the incident as evidence of fraud is a gross mischaracterization.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
• Having cap space in the summer of 2026 is one reason to avoid taking Beal’s contract, but to say that’s the only reason would be a mischaracterization.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
• But more than 26 years later, these mischaracterizations endured, becoming foundational lore for young people who want to follow in the killers’ footsteps.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
• The mischaracterization of homeless students is what ended a 2019 bill that was also advocating for safe parking.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
• The fact that even the plainest images are open to interpretation, manipulation and mischaracterization places an ethical burden on the viewer.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
• Russell’s attorney, Charles Burnham, said that was a mischaracterization by the federal agents.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• And while this is regrettable, there are objective alternatives to the mischaracterization of the candidates’ mental decline.
  — Anand Kumar, STAT, 25 June 2024
• Talarico called the video a mischaracterization of a private conversation.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
• The anchor people who perpetuated this blatant mischaracterization of what the former president said were not behaving in a righteous manner.
  — Byron Harlan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
• As selling oils meant for external use or skincare isn’t prohibited, the rising interest in navel oiling technically abides by the letter of the law, but allows for wild mischaracterizations in the process.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• Those statements were a mischaracterization of Nikola and Iveco’s progress in Ulm, according to two people familiar with the matter.
  — Edward Ludlow, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• Setting aside the need to discard this outdated mischaracterization of entrepreneurship, there is validity to the observation.
  — Dane Stangler, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• The severe mischaracterization of the D2D company model isn’t entirely a bad thing.
  — Sean Willchene, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• Despite that being a sweeping generalization and mischaracterization, this narrative was parroted by kids in the school yard and government officials alike.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2024