as in to misrelate
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribe
Verb
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Also, use your range hood while cooking to remove evaporating grease and immediately clean up splatters and spills.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025 -
His mom had cooked a big meal, and people from all around the neighborhood had gathered.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This alienation extends beyond the field, affecting how women in rugby and other sports are misrepresented and underrepresented in the media.—
Paige Perricone,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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Avoid guessing or making up a story that misrepresents the financial facts.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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
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An earlier version of this article misstated Emily Busch’s position.—
Chuck Todd,
NBC News,
18 Apr. 2023
Verb
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In the ComEd Four case, the four defendants were convicted for falsifying books and records, not any bribery of foreign officials that the law originally sought to punish, the defense pointed out in asking Shah last month to stay the proceedings.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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Last May, supporters of Donald Trump adopted the gesture when he was convicted of falsifying business records.—
Brad Wieners,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease.—
DEVI SHASTRI AND AMANDA SEITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Likewise, generative AI might have misinterpreted my prompt and improperly laid out what needed to be done.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The district denied the allegations in a statement, saying the issue has been misinterpreted.—
Jackson Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Only in our current cultural moment, the stakes and outcomes are distorted in ways an artist of Simone’s era could never recognize.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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But that bag still has a way of distorting things for some players.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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By Tuesday afternoon, the plane wreckage was barely recognizable, camouflaged against the ground by snow plastered across the frozen fuselage, its left wing crumpled and right wing missing.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes applying a furniture-grade oil over the whole surface can camouflage grease stains.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Misdescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribe. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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