misdescribe

verb

Definition of misdescribenext
as in to misrelate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribe
  1. cook
  2. misrepresent
  3. misstate
  4. falsify
  5. misspeak
  6. misinterpret
  7. distort
  8. camouflage
Verb
  • Claudia Alexander, a resident of Marin County, has been happily cooking for family and friends for more than three decades.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Add the chicken, if using. Reduce heat to low and cook 5 minutes more.
    Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cook
Verb
  • Recent reporting by the Orange County Register also brought to light a pair of cases in which two candidates misrepresented nomination papers to get on the ballot.
    Tri Ta, Orange County Register, 24 Oct. 2024
  • To categorize these words as solely Gen Z or Gen Alpha slang misrepresents their history, and over-simplifies the way in which language evolves and grows.
    Casey Clark, Parents, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of misrepresent
Verb
  • Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misstated the name of the hospital where Lindsay Clancy is being treated.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • An earlier version of this article misstated Emily Busch’s position.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
Definition of misstate
Verb
  • One of these indictments even yielded a conviction, albeit on 34 relatively minor charges of falsifying business records.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Although former President Donald Trump was convicted earlier this year in a Manhattan court of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, the Republican presidential nominee can still vote in the 2024 presidential election.
    Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of falsify
Verb
  • These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of misspeak
Verb
  • Myers also allegedly told Kenney that the crosshairs symbol found on some of the Zodiac Killer's letters was actually a Celtic cross — and that authorities also misinterpreted another clue in the killer's writing.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Andrew Kelly | Reuters DETROIT — Investors misinterpreted a public offering on Wednesday by Lucid Group that raised roughly $1.75 billion — and led to the stock’s worst daily performance in nearly three years, CEO Peter Rawlinson told CNBC.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of misinterpret
Verb
  • Wash trading is prohibited under U.S. law, specifically by the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and financial regulators closely monitor markets for signs of such activity due to its potential to distort market integrity and mislead investors.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The Labor Department said its survey of establishments — the raw material for payrolls numbers — was distorted by hurricane effects, as well as an unusually tight window for employers to respond to the department's surveys.
    Axios, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of distort
Verb
  • The rattler was coiled tightly and well camouflaged.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But the emotional intensity of the story, coupled with the weekly episode schedule, can’t camouflage the unevenness of the season’s pace.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of camouflage
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