misdescribing
Giving false details
Misdescribing is giving an inaccurate or misleading description of something.
The error may be intentional or careless: The seller was accused of misdescribing the property's condition.
A witness misdescribes events, a label misdescribes contents, a summary misdescribes an argument.
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
- mischaracterizationDescribing something inaccurately
misreporting · twisting · warping · skewing · slanting · spinning · coloring · misquoting
Lack of precision
- errorFault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
- inexactitudeState of being approximate
erroneousness · imprecision · faultiness · discrepancy · deviation · misinformation · unreliability · fallacy
Deliberately untrue statement
- inventionNew device or method
- concoctionPrepared combination of ingredients
- fictionImagined narrative work
- lieDeliberate falsehood
deceit · disinformation · propaganda · defamation · slander · libel · manipulation · perversion
Overstating beyond reality
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- inflationSustained price level increase
magnification · amplification · dramatization · sensationalism · caricature · stretching · aggrandizement · overdrawing
misrepresentation
False or misleading statement
- distortionTwisting from original state
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
mischaracterization · misreporting · twisting · warping · skewing · slanting · spinning · coloring · misquoting · misattributing
inaccuracy
Lack of precision
- errorFault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- incorrectnessState of being wrong
inexactitude · erroneousness · imprecision · faultiness · discrepancy · deviation · misinformation · unreliability · fallacy · untruth
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
- inventionNew device or method
- concoctionPrepared combination of ingredients
- fictionImagined narrative work
lie · deceit · disinformation · propaganda · defamation · slander · libel · manipulation · perversion · prevarication
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
inflation · magnification · amplification · dramatization · sensationalism · caricature · stretching · aggrandizement · overdrawing · embroidering
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