as in to misrelate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribe
Verb
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If cooking a whole lobster, instead of using fish stock for the aioli, after removing the meat from the shell, boil the lobster shells in a pot of water for about 5 minutes.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025 -
The girls cooked lunch over campfires, pumped the water from wells and took younger girls on their first overnight campout.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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Despite following legal guidelines, the video was accused of misrepresenting events and using replicas instead of authentic artifacts.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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After a three-year investigation, the committee found evidence that, among other widespread abuses, adoption agencies fabricated documents, misrepresented children as orphans available to be adopted, and sent children overseas without the consent of their biological families.—
Time,
Time,
15 May 2025
Verb
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An earlier version misstated his status.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Due to the writer’s error, an earlier version of this story misstated and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s position on greenhouse gas emissions standards.—
Allen Best,
The Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2025
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The charges of conspiracy to falsify records, conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, honest services mail fraud, and falsification of records can lead to a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 May 2025
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After Shane calls to give her the news, Mel eventually makes it to the hospital — mainly to confront Keith about falsifying his complicity in Heather’s death.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease.—
DEVI SHASTRI AND AMANDA SEITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy also seemed to misspeak in saying two people had died of measles.—
Amanda Seitz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Depardieu has repeatedly refuted both accounts saying his actions had been misinterpreted.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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But while users were concerned about attendees misinterpreting the theme, or playing it safe by wearing something utterly boring, many took what came across their timeline and ran with it.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2025
Verb
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Weekly figures by their very nature tend to be volatile, and when viewed alone could just be noise distorting the underlying trend.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
13 May 2025
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The idea was to first represent the optimism of America, which then dissipated into this darkness, which shifted, melted and distorted into an evil-looking clown.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Verb
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This, of course, also helps camouflage any design challenges, like poor architecture or ho-hum furniture.—
Allison Duncan,
Vogue,
8 May 2025
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Masking Masking, or camouflaging, involves using non-autistic behaviors to blend in and appear more socially acceptable.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Misdescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribe. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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