misdescription

Definition of misdescriptionnext

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Noun
  • That misstatement surely deceived nobody.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Counsel should try to foresee and prevent any misconstruction.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Ohanian used his misconstruction of employment figures as the basis for a wide-ranging critique of California economic policy, mostly citing how the high cost of living drives people out of the state.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Although Turkish officials have stopped short of declaring the incidents deliberate attacks, each interception raises the risk of escalation, whether through miscalculation, technical failure, or misinterpretation of intent.
    Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Keith Poliakoff, attorney for the developer, says his client will appeal the ruling and also request that the lower court rehear the case due to what Poliakoff called a misinterpretation of the Live Local Act.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Critics say that strategy displays a misunderstanding of how the 109-year-old agency functions.
    Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Pig myths and misunderstandings McLeod and Jennings are quick to dispel myths about their family of pigs.
    Eric Adler April 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There’s also a widespread misconception that treatment is invasive or complicated.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 1 May 2026
  • Erika Cheng, a professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, called the concept that juice is nutritionally equivalent to whole fruit a common misconception.
    Gavin Escott, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And Iran’s broadening of the war with reckless attacks is likely to turn out to be a major strategic misjudgment on Tehran’s part.
    Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • After a decade or so of making various iterations of her table and shelf works, Bove began to tire of the recurring misapprehension that viewers need to read every book and explore in depth every reference on display in order to understand the work.
    Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Manager Mark DeRosa’s misspeaking or misreading of the tiebreaker scenarios didn’t sink his club.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In their response, government prosecutors criticized the Sansons’ arguments as off-target and based on a misreading of the law.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Misdescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescription. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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