misdescribed

verb

past tense of misdescribe
as in misrepresented

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  1. misrepresented
  2. misinterpreted
  3. distorted
  4. misstated
  5. falsified
  6. cooked
  7. disguised
  8. camouflaged
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  • The men have denied wrongdoing, saying that the encounters were consensual or misrepresented in the suit, according to The New York Times.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Fielder becomes obsessed with this detail, seeing it as a test case for Holmes’s claims that she has been misrepresented in the media and that her memory is reliable.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of misrepresented
Verb
  • Without a way to connect those relationships, critical context gets lost, or misinterpreted, at every handoff.
    — Tom Dunlop, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But in my experience, if used on its own to diagnose, it can be easily misinterpreted.
    — Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of misinterpreted
Verb
  • Americans may disagree on solutions, but many share the belief that financial incentives have distorted the system beyond recognition.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Working from a plus-size model’s body as her starting point for pattern-making, silhouettes were subsequently distorted, creating a second layer that appeared to slip and warp around the body.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of distorted
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  • An article on Wednesday about the repatriation of migrants to Malaysia misstated the United Nations’ position on whether the Rohingya community had suffered a genocide.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated that fact.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of misstated
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  • In earlier local elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and paper ballots were routinely falsified, according to Brazil's electoral authority.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In earlier elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and individual votes were routinely falsified, according to Brazil’s electoral authority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of falsified
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  • Grant has since cooked with seven families highlighted in To Die For, and has shared her pilgrimages to the gravesites with the goods themselves to pay respect.
    — Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While at Himmah Hub, the couple reunited with women who had cooked for families from London’s Grenfell Tower block, which was devastated by a huge fire in 2017.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cooked
Verb
  • When Sita begs Rama to follow a demon disguised as a beautiful golden deer, Rama draws a magical protective circle around the princess and instructs her to stay within the circle’s borders.
    — Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The 414-foot Lürssen wasn’t a floating palace like most of the world’s largest yachts before it, but an expedition ship disguised as a superyacht, complete with submarines, helipads, a drive-in marina, and research capabilities.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of disguised
Verb
  • Rather than always keeping her baby bumps concealed or camouflaged, the hitmaker embraced bold colors and cutouts that made her belly a focal point.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In Tech Reviews Science Entertainment AI Policy If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of camouflaged
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