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misimpression

misimpression noun: an inaccurate or misleading impression.

Noun

misimpression (plural misimpressions)

  1. An inaccurate or misleading impression
    • Will is an intelligent person, and if he is under such a grievous misimpression, then I obviously did not do a good job of communicating the Subcommittee's work to the membership.1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5
    • Often the misimpression a reporter gives is trivial.1988 March 11, Michael Miner, “Broder Against Broder/For the Editor Who Dares to Be Different”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of misimpression

pluralmisimpressions

Origin of misimpression

From mis- + impression.

Questions about misimpression

What does misimpression mean?
Misimpression means an inaccurate or misleading impression.
What part of speech is misimpression?
Misimpression is a noun.
What is the plural of misimpression?
The plural of misimpression is misimpressions.

Words near misimpression in the dictionary

  1. misimplications
  2. misimplied
  3. misimplies
  4. misimply
  5. misimplying
  6. misimpression
  7. misimpressions
  8. misimprint
  9. misimprinted
  10. misimprinting
  11. misimprints

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