misdescribe
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Such provisions are also inserted in certain other recent agreements dealing with aerial bombardments, gases, and expanding bullets, which it has nevertheless pleased their contrivers to misdescribe as "declarations."
From Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Holland, Thomas Erskine, Sir
Cases of fish being mis-sold or misdescribed are often hard to detect since any investigations are intelligence-led and rely on expensive DNA testing.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
An earlier version of this article misdescribed Unity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
The idea that we need no source of authority outside ourselves, which he traces to Kant, has both misdescribed how our minds actually work, he argues, and led us badly astray.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2015
Kuhn saw this challenge, but he misdescribed it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Those that have been attacked were misdescribed in the indictment and the evidence has shown that they were substantially true.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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