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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misrepresentation, deceit, deceptionnoun

    a misleading falsehood

  2. falsification, misrepresentationnoun

    a willful perversion of facts

Wiktionary

  1. misrepresentationnoun

    Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.

  2. misrepresentationnoun

    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.

  3. misrepresentationnoun

    In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Misrepresentationnoun

    Etymology: from misrepresent.

    They have prevailed by misrepresentations, and other artifices, to make the successor look upon them as the only persons he can trust. Jonathan Swift.

    Since I have shewn him his foul mistakes and injurious misrepresentations, it will become him publickly to own and retract them. Francis Atterbury.

Wikipedia

  1. Misrepresentation

    In common law jurisdictions, a misrepresentation is a false or misleading statement of fact made during negotiations by one party to another, the statement then inducing that other party to enter into a contract. The misled party may normally rescind the contract, and sometimes may be awarded damages as well (or instead of rescission). The law of misrepresentation is an amalgam of contract and tort; and its sources are common law, equity and statute. In England and Wales, the common law was amended by the Misrepresentation Act 1967. The general principle of misrepresentation has been adopted by the United States and other former British colonies, e.g. India.

ChatGPT

  1. misrepresentation

    Misrepresentation refers to a false statement or claim made by a party in a contract, which influences the other party to enter into the contract. It is a deliberate or unintentional act of giving incorrect or misleading information about certain facts or circumstances. Misrepresentation can lead to legal consequences, given it deceives or defrauds another, causing damage to their interests or rights.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Misrepresentationnoun

    untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives

Wikidata

  1. Misrepresentation

    Misrepresentation is a concept in contract law referring to a false statement of fact made by one party to another party, which has the effect of inducing that party into the contract. For example, under certain circumstances, false statements or promises made by a seller of goods regarding the quality or nature of the product that the seller has may constitute misrepresentation. A finding of misrepresentation allows for a remedy of rescission and sometimes damages depending on the type of misrepresentation. According to Gordon v Selico 18 HLR 219 it is possible to make a misrepresentation either by words or by conduct, although not everything said or done is capable of constituting a misrepresentation. Generally, statements of opinion or intention are not statements of fact in the context of misrepresentation. If one party claims specialist knowledge on the topic discussed, then it is more likely for the courts to hold a statement of opinion by that party as a statement of fact.

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  1. representationism

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misrepresentation in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misrepresentation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of misrepresentation in a Sentence

  1. Robert Hendricks III:

    The misunderstanding, the misrepresentation, the inability to communicate, all of that is really similar.

  2. Jeff Sessions:

    That’s an absolute misrepresentation, congress has the power to control all money, whether it comes in by fee, or not.

  3. Jim Risch:

    The premise of this resolution is fundamentally flawed and I believe a misrepresentation of what is happening on the ground in Yemen.

  4. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter:

    A Fox News reporter asked Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Thursday to clarify Carter's remarks that combat is over and the counterterror mission remains. I think we've talked about it a lot, fox News’s clear when we're talking about the counterterror mission – the target is remnants of Al Qaeda. Yet these restrictions may also be a misrepresentation of the reality on the ground in Afghanistan. For example, the actions of U.S. Special Operations forces on the ground in Kunduz show U.S. troops are doing more than training Afghan forces or targeting Al Qaeda. A U.S. Special Forces team called in the airstrike on Oct. 3 that hit a Kunduz hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. The hospital had been suspected of having a Taliban presence ; the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell told reporters it was the Afghans who requested the airstrike. The U.S. has since called the strike a mistake. Separately, a press release from U.S. Forces-Afghanistan revealed that beginning Oct. 7, the U.S. military.

  5. Stephen Reicher:

    One of the most remarkable things about the pandemic is that the level of compliance has been very high, if we put too much focus on violations, the danger is it's not just a misrepresentation but can undermine compliance by creating false norms, by saying to us 'if everyone else is going out, if everyone else if breaking the rules, why don't we?'.

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