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MISDESCRIPTION Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word misdescription. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word misdescription. (close relations)

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distortion
nounn
noun

• a change for the worse

• a shape resulting from distortion

• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

• a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

error
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

• inadvertent incorrectness

• a misconception resulting from incorrect information

• (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

• departure from what is ethically acceptable

• (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

• part of a statement that is not correct

falsehood
nounn
noun

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falsification
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

• a willful perversion of facts

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• the act of determining that something is false

inaccuracy
nounn
noun

• the quality of being inaccurate and having errors

misinterpretation
nounn
noun

• putting the wrong interpretation on

misrepresentation
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• a willful perversion of facts

misstatement
nounn
noun

• a statement that contains a mistake

untruth
nounn
noun

• a false statement

misreport
verbv
verb

• To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.

noun

• A false report.

Alternatives for DISTORTION

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