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# misrepresentation

«misrepresentation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Giving a false or twisted picture of something, so people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a misrepresentation, misrepresentations; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Giving a false or twisted picture of something, so people believe what is not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#m1)

2) (formal, law) A false statement that tricks someone into a deal or a contract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#m2)

3) A drawing, chart or story that shows something wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school it appears in media lessons, history and data: a graph with a stretched axis is a misrepresentation of the numbers. In everyday life and safety it warns of adverts and scams that twist the truth. Phrases: a misrepresentation of the facts, gross misrepresentation.

### examples

- The advert was a misrepresentation; the toy was much smaller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x1)
- Our teacher showed us a graph that was a misrepresentation of the data. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x2)
- Calling the match a disaster is a misrepresentation; we only lost by one goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x3)
- The company was fined for misrepresentation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x4)
- That film is a misrepresentation of how Vikings lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x5)
- It is misrepresentation to say everyone agreed when only three did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/#x6)

### note

From mis- (wrongly) + represent + -ation. Verb: misrepresent (misrepresented). It can be on purpose (a lie) or by mistake. In maths and data, look for cut-off axes or chosen numbers that make a difference look bigger than it is.

### In the corpora

- ["Strategic misrepresentation" means deliberate lying to win approval, for example hiding a project's real cost.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misrepresentation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misrepresentation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.