as in misunderstanding
a failure to understand correctly
she was under the misimpression that the class was for beginners, but it was actually for advanced students
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Recent Examples of misimpression
Susan Moss suspects this is a misimpression of prestige.
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Ron Charles, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
Of course, if the speech is a dastardly one, this gives a misimpression or disinformation portrayal of that historical figure.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 July 2022
That’s given a misimpression about West Side Story, which is that the Jets and the Sharks are the Capulets and the Montagues.
—Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2022
City special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan also has expressed reservations in the past, saying the facilities could risk legal problems, neighborhood tension and giving a misimpression that drug use is safe.
—Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 30 Nov. 2021
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Ron Charles, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
Of course, if the speech is a dastardly one, this gives a misimpression or disinformation portrayal of that historical figure.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 July 2022
That’s given a misimpression about West Side Story, which is that the Jets and the Sharks are the Capulets and the Montagues.
—Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2022
City special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan also has expressed reservations in the past, saying the facilities could risk legal problems, neighborhood tension and giving a misimpression that drug use is safe.
—Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 30 Nov. 2021
See All Example Sentences for misimpression
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misimpression
misunderstanding
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Shane Hubbard, a UW-Madison research scientist specializing in damage and loss estimation from disasters, said that misunderstandings of what type of insurance offers the most protection result in homeowners being left with hefty bills and little government assistance.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Like the two previous installments, on Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers, Ed Gein retells in lurid—and largely fantastical—detail the legend of a notorious murderer, with the aim of discerning what our collective obsession with and inevitable misunderstanding of each case says about society.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Misimpression.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misimpression. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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