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

The pen is mightier than the sword.
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton