Definition of misrepresentation in English:
misrepresentation
noun ˌmɪsrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃnˌmɪsrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
she is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation
count noun a gross misrepresentation of the situation
Example sentencesExamples
- Extremism tends to be based on the wilful or ignorant misrepresentation of accepted moral or religious principles.
- In many cases consent was obtained by Government officials through fraud, coercion or misrepresentation, tactics which annulled the validity of such consent.
- Thirdly: it was a complete misrepresentation of anything which I, or anyone around me, has ever experienced.
- I take full responsibility for any misunderstanding or misrepresentation.
- His misrepresentation seems mainly to reflect the sloppy quality of much Australian work.
- An enormous public misrepresentation of Christianity has taken place.
- This case was not lengthened or complicated by the allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation.
- The ability to post effectively on the Internet can be a very good thing, creating the ability to misrepresentations quickly.
- The Final Frontier is hereby found guilty of misrepresentation.
- Yes, the misrepresentations spanned a considerable period.
- The plaintiff attributes its execution of the deeds to the alleged misrepresentations.
- I am always happy to see honest economists call dishonest pundits out on their misrepresentation of the facts.
- The debate gave new life to overheated claims and misrepresentations.
- The misrepresentation in the national media on this story has been interesting, too.
- In several decisions the English courts have found the wording of such clauses was not effective in excluding liability for a pre-contractual misrepresentation.
- The certificate would also list all of the information necessary to prevent misrepresentation of the media used to create a work.
- I am not referring to the distortion or misrepresentation that memory performs like a busy cosmetician.
- Other readers have unknowingly been victims of a more extraordinary misrepresentation of the novel than even Richardson himself managed.
- What their Honours did was to construe the facts to see in the facts a misrepresentation - not a misleading statement, a misrepresentation.
- Potentially, you could even make knowing misrepresentations in your form.
Definition of misrepresentation in US English:
misrepresentation
nounˌmisreprəzenˈtāSH(ə)nˌmɪsrɛprəzɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n
The action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
she is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation
this is a gross misrepresentation of the situation
Example sentencesExamples
- I am always happy to see honest economists call dishonest pundits out on their misrepresentation of the facts.
- The misrepresentation in the national media on this story has been interesting, too.
- Extremism tends to be based on the wilful or ignorant misrepresentation of accepted moral or religious principles.
- In several decisions the English courts have found the wording of such clauses was not effective in excluding liability for a pre-contractual misrepresentation.
- The plaintiff attributes its execution of the deeds to the alleged misrepresentations.
- I take full responsibility for any misunderstanding or misrepresentation.
- This case was not lengthened or complicated by the allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation.
- His misrepresentation seems mainly to reflect the sloppy quality of much Australian work.
- An enormous public misrepresentation of Christianity has taken place.
- What their Honours did was to construe the facts to see in the facts a misrepresentation - not a misleading statement, a misrepresentation.
- The ability to post effectively on the Internet can be a very good thing, creating the ability to misrepresentations quickly.
- Yes, the misrepresentations spanned a considerable period.
- Thirdly: it was a complete misrepresentation of anything which I, or anyone around me, has ever experienced.
- Other readers have unknowingly been victims of a more extraordinary misrepresentation of the novel than even Richardson himself managed.
- The Final Frontier is hereby found guilty of misrepresentation.
- In many cases consent was obtained by Government officials through fraud, coercion or misrepresentation, tactics which annulled the validity of such consent.
- The debate gave new life to overheated claims and misrepresentations.
- The certificate would also list all of the information necessary to prevent misrepresentation of the media used to create a work.
- I am not referring to the distortion or misrepresentation that memory performs like a busy cosmetician.
- Potentially, you could even make knowing misrepresentations in your form.