Associations to the word «Misrepresentation»

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.

Dictionary definition

MISREPRESENTATION, noun. A misleading falsehood.
MISREPRESENTATION, noun. A willful perversion of facts.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn