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mischaracterizing

mischaracterizing is the present participle and gerund 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 mischaracterizing

What is mischaracterizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mischaracterizing is the present participle and gerund of mischaracterize.

Words near mischaracterizing in the dictionary

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

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