MISDESCRIPTION Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

misdescription

noun

Definition of misdescription

as in misstatement

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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

Clase’s camp has blamed the whole ordeal on a misinterpretation of texts and calls pertaining to rooster fighting.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Autism, often misunderstood, impacts social reasoning and decision-making, leading to vulnerability and misinterpretation within the legal process.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of misinterpretation

Noun

Another misconception is that people with debt are irresponsible.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
The tragedy sparked a broader conversation online, with survivors of domestic abuse and supporters of Gilson pushing back at the misconceptions victims often face in unhealthy or dangerous relationships.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of misconception

Noun

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
Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.

— Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of misapprehension

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