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mischaracterizes

mischaracterizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mischaracterize.

Meaning of mischaracterize

Verb

mischaracterize (third-person singular simple present mischaracterizes, present participle mischaracterizing, simple past and past participle mischaracterized)

  1. To characterize falsely or mistakenly
    • Our small disagreement has been mischaracterized as a deep rift.

Questions about mischaracterizes

What is mischaracterizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mischaracterizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mischaracterize.

Words near mischaracterizes in the dictionary

  1. mischaracterising
  2. mischaracterization
  3. mischaracterizations
  4. mischaracterize
  5. mischaracterized
  6. mischaracterizes
  7. mischaracterizing
  8. mischarge
  9. mischarged
  10. mischarges
  11. mischarging

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