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misrepresentation

/mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/

misrepresentation noun: erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.

Noun

misrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations)

  1. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
    • Near-synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal
    • […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, […]1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, London: Trübner & Co., page 1
  2. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
  3. Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

misrepresentation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

misrepresentation in Hindi

गलत निरूपण

misrepresentation in Tamil

தவறாகக் கூறுதல், திரித்துக் கூறல், காட்டுதல்

misrepresentation in Marathi

misrepresentation
विपर्यास viparyāsa

misrepresentation in Urdu

غلط بیانی
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misrepresentation in Bengali
অপব্যাখ্যা opobbakkha
misrepresentation in Telugu
తప్పుగా వర్ణించడం
misrepresentation in Malayalam
തെറ്റായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കൽ teṟṟāyi avatarippikkal, തിരിമറി tirimaṟi
misrepresentation in Kannada
ತಪ್ಪು ವರದಿ, ತಪ್ಪು ನಿರೂಪಣೆ, ತಪ್ಪಡರ‍್ಪು
misrepresentation in Odia
ଭୁଲ ଉପସ୍ଥାପନା, ଭୁଲ୍ ଉପସ୍ଥାପନା
misrepresentation in Nepali
गलत प्रतिपादन

Synonyms of misrepresentation

Forms of misrepresentation

pluralmisrepresentations

Origin of misrepresentation

From mis- + representation or misrepresent + -ation.

Words formed from misrepresentation

Words that rhyme with misrepresentation

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Questions about misrepresentation

What does misrepresentation mean?
Misrepresentation means erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
What is misrepresentation in Hindi?
Misrepresentation in Hindi is गलत निरूपण. See Misrepresentation meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is misrepresentation?
Misrepresentation is a noun.
How do you pronounce misrepresentation?
Misrepresentation is pronounced /mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/.
What is the plural of misrepresentation?
The plural of misrepresentation is misrepresentations.

Words near misrepresentation in the dictionary

  1. misreporters
  2. misreporting
  3. misreportings
  4. misreports
  5. misrepresent
  6. misrepresentation
  7. misrepresentational
  8. misrepresentations
  9. misrepresentative
  10. misrepresented
  11. misrepresenter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misrepresentation (page history and authors); misrepresentation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misrepresentation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विपर्यास (Marathi) (page history and authors); misrepresentation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপব্যাখ্যা (Bengali) (page history and authors); misrepresentation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misrepresentation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrepresentation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misrepresentation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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