Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribed
Verb
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The suit claimed David severely misrepresented the calorie and fat content of each bar, which allegedly has 400% more fat and 80% more calories than advertised.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026 -
Lithgow didn’t elaborate on what had been misrepresented about Rowling’s views.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2026
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Justice Department lawyers argued that Boasberg set too high a standard for prosecutors to meet at the early stages of an investigation and misinterpreted the timeline of the probe.—
Andrew Goudsward,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Fall hopes the data will be useful for policymakers but also worries about them being misinterpreted.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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In his video, Oz made at least two other claims about New York that Medicaid advocates and beneficiaries say distorted the facts.—
Ali Swenson,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Their arousal centers are distorted.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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An earlier version misstated the day.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Trump not only has misstated intelligence about Iran’s military potential.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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The legislation follows a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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An inspection of the commercial vehicle's records showed that the electronic logging records were falsified, police said.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Knicks had no answer for the Celtics’ sixth man, who cooked Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart and Miles McBride alike on Thursday night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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During the live conversation, some of the attendees cooked along with us.—
Roxane Gay,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The structure of the conservatory feels disguised.—
Jenny Hughes,
The Spruce,
9 Apr. 2026
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Thanks to a new English book from Boston playwright Kirsten Greenidge, the action is transported from France to 1776-era Boston where Massachusetts revolutionary and patriot Deborah Sampson has disguised herself as a man to fight for independence.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Finding frass on tomato leaves or the soil below your plants is sometimes easier than finding the green hornworm perfectly camouflaged among the green vines.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Misdescribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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