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Meanings of misrepresentation in English

Portuguese
falsificação
Catalan
falsedat
Spanish
falsificación

The negative alteration or falsification of something.

falsificação
Portuguese
engano
Catalan
frau
Spanish
impostura

A misleading falsehood.

engano
Usage of misrepresentation in English
1
The new law bans rescission except in cases of fraud or misrepresentation.
Reuters
2
The agencies say they expect to eventually prevail on the misrepresentation claim.
Reuters
3
The latter denied the claim and filed a counterclaim alleging fraudulent misrepresentation.
The Irish Times
4
All of this led to much agitation and misrepresentation against the Church.
A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d...
5
But the absence of fees is not the reason for such misrepresentation.
The Irish Times
6
He has suffered misrepresentation from two quarters: His enemies and His friends.
Quiet Talks about Jesus
7
Review is the most unfair thing which has appeared,-onemass of misrepresentation.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
8
It was based upon ignorance, upon prejudice, and upon privately interested misrepresentation.
Analyzing Character / The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in...
9
We may laugh, but this kind of misrepresentation goes a long way.
Denzil Quarrier
10
Is there any falsity or misrepresentation in what I have advanced above?
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — ...
11
What a terrible misrepresentation of the facts that turn of phrase was.
Destined to last
12
What is to be gained by such transparent, palpable misrepresentation as this?
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
13
I corrected in conversation with them, a substantial misrepresentation in the copy published.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
14
By highlighting the original misrepresentation, journalists merely draw attention to it.
BBC
15
Monsanto asked the court for sanctions against DuPont for the misrepresentation.
Reuters
16
She appeared in court in New Zealand in 1995 for misrepresentation.
The South African
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Translations for misrepresentation
Misrepresentation through the time
Misrepresentation across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common