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Definitions for mischaracterization
mis·char·ac·ter·i·za·tion

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  1. mischaracterizationnoun

    The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mischaracterization in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mischaracterization in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of mischaracterization in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Hayes:

    Congressman Deutch mischaracterized data on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior made by minors at care facilities operated by HHS grantees. Congressman Deutch even went so far as to level the unfounded assertion that members of the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR) federal staff were the subjects of sexual abuse allegations. This was totally false, congressman Deutch knowing mischaracterization of the data -- and Congressman Deutch impugning of the ORR federal staff -- was an immoral and indecent insult to all of the career civil servants who are dedicated to ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the unaccompanied alien children( UAC) program.

  2. Jerome Powell:

    The Fed needs to secure both price stability and financial stability, something that it has failed to so recently, having already dug itself, and the US economy, into a big hole with its prolonged mischaracterization of inflation and flip-flopping policies, it can ill afford another slippage in what is proving to be the biggest policy mistake in the last four decades.

  3. Steve Warren:

    I think ‘cut and run’ is kind of a mischaracterization, in this case it appears that ISIL forces simply had the upper hand.

  4. Bridgewater Associates ' Ray Dalio:

    The article is a sensationalistic mischaracterization of what is going on, greg and I have had lots of disputes over the last 20 years, and what's great is that we have a systematic process for working ourselves through them.

  5. Mark Meadows:

    When House Democrats come out and say,' Oh this was broad, sweeping, very damning deposition,' and running with headlines that I think are counter to what actually happened in a secure location, i will oftentimes say,' listen, based on what I've heard and based on where I've been on all of this I would suggest that was a mischaracterization.'.

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