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  • verb Present participle of misdescribe.

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Examples

  • I think James Carroll is misdescribing Catholic positions and history again.

    More Catholic stuff! 2009

  • CORRECTION: There was an error in yesterday's posting misdescribing Wristcutters (a narrative film about teen suicide).

    Adam Werbach: Sundance Report, Day 3 2008

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    icCoventry 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    icScotland 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    icScotland 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

  • One is that I think he's misdescribing the history; like America, Europe went overboard on tax progressivity in the postwar era.

    Articles on National Review Online 2010

  • He later issued a statement saying that the party was, in fact, pledged to deliver on the policy in its first term and said he had "messed up" by "misdescribing" the position.

    icCoventry 2010

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