misrepresentation

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If so, could you be specific as to what that misrepresentation is?

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Quick take

a misleading falsehood

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a misleading falsehood

noun

a willful perversion of facts

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for misrepresentation.

noun

a misleading falsehood

noun

a willful perversion of facts

Example sentences

If so, could you be specific as to what that misrepresentation is?

> but because it was stated that anyone who supports basic income "borders on innumeracy"This is a blatant misrepresentation of what he said.

I'm saying that the article's implication that the everyman can now fly "like you're rich" is a misrepresentation of what this service is actually aiming to do.

Particularly combined with the contracts, about which: "another [sic] clause allowed for willful misrepresentation for the sake of drama [...]", this could have ended poorly for a lot of these folks.

This particular misconception of Eric's words really annoys me because it's blatant misrepresentation.

How is that something that is litigation or 'outcry' worthy?Under US contract law, misrepresentation is sufficient cause to rescind an otherwise binding contract.

Protecting customers from misrepresentation unknowingly being sold something that does not match the logo stamped on it: fine; protecting a megacorp from its competitors selling something with similar design, but a different brand name: customers lose.