misdescription

noun

Definition of misdescriptionnext
as in misstatement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescription
  1. misstatement
  2. misconstruction
  3. misinterpretation
  4. misunderstanding
  5. misconception
  6. misjudgment
  7. misapprehension
  8. misreading
Noun
  • The reference to the co-defendant's YOS sentence was mistakenly included in some communication out of our office based on a previous misstatement and was not part of the Governor's decision process.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Lee Watson, in the email, said Burns never represented the board in the lawsuit and telling the court otherwise is a misstatement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026
Definition of misstatement
Noun
  • In The Mayor of Casterbridge, his 1886 novel about a man who attempts to outflank the great error of his past, the English writer Thomas Hardy offers an interpersonal version of the geopolitical misconstructions Westad articulates.
    — Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Counsel should try to foresee and prevent any misconstruction.
    — Joshua Stein, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of misconstruction
Noun
  • The hiring manager’s standards stop living only in people’s heads and start living in the system, applied without misinterpretation or human bias.
    — Pradeep Prasana Kanagaraj, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Sánchez, who faces an election next year, has said a misinterpretation of a Supreme Court ruling and disinformation on social media encouraged people to rush the border.
    — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of misinterpretation
Noun
  • The issue is that underappreciating something isn't the same as misunderstanding.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Four Hands, Two Sonatas ends with Jeong-yo and Pi-o together again, seemingly free of the pressures and misunderstandings that plagued them for so long.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of misunderstanding
Noun
  • Having lice doesn’t indicate poor hygiene, despite a long-standing misconception driven by stigma, and lice don’t spread other diseases.
    — Emily J. C. Wong, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps her biggest challenge is combating the misconception that cystic fibrosis has been cured, which stifles investment into new treatments.
    — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of misconception
Noun
  • The misjudgment meant the plane clipped a peak and crashed into a valley.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026
  • There, the discovery of a spacecraft and additional extraterrestrials transforms their chase into a simple struggle for survival, as what began as a series of understandable misjudgments spirals into a tragedy of cosmic scale.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of misjudgment
Noun
  • This, too, was a kind of misapprehension, in that his boss admired him for being so upbeat despite living in such a family when in fact Shigejiro had no individuality at all.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The risk with any attempt to explain religion to a secular audience is playing into the misapprehension that American Christianity is monolithic.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Definition of misapprehension
Noun
  • But where Hwan’s Christianity is a willful, grotesque misreading of the Bible, Latif actively wrestles with his moral shortcomings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But this response is a fundamental misreading of the genre and of its audience.
    — Rebecca Stafford, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of misreading
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“Misdescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescription. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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