Definition of misrepresentations Misrepresentations

/mɪsɹɛˌpɹɪzɛntejˈʃʌnz/ - [misreprizenteyshunz] -

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What does misrepresentations mean?

Wiktionary

misrepresentations (Noun)
Plural of misrepresentation.

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misrepresentations, noun, plural of misrepresentation.

WordNet

Noun Plural: misrepresentations
misrepresentation - a misleading falsehood
		deceit, deception
		untruth, falsehood, falsity a false statement
		bill of goods a consignment of merchandise
		snake oil, humbug (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
		half-truth a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
		facade, window dressing the face or front of a building
		overstatement, exaggeration, magnification the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
		snow job a long and elaborate misrepresentation
		dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
		subterfuge, blind something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
		hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, trickery, slickness the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
		duplicity, fraudulence acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
		falsification
		actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf
		overrefinement, straining, twisting, torture, distortion the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
		tergiversation, equivocation falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
		lying, prevarication, fabrication the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

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Wiktionary

misrepresentation (Noun)
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
misrepresentation (Noun)
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
misrepresentation (Noun)
In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

misrepresentation (n.)
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives.