mischaracterize
verb[T]
(alsomis-characterize);(UKusuallymischaracterise,mis-characterise)uk/mɪsˈkær.ək.tər.aɪz/us/mɪsˈker.ək.tə.raɪz/todescribeasituation,event, orpersonwrongly:
He said the president'splanhad been mischaracterised.
Heinsiststhat thereportmis-characterisespracticeswithin thedepartment.
Stories andcommentin themediamischaracterizedourwork.
He mis-characterises thissubstantialbodyofscholarship.
- Aninnocentlapseofmemorymay be mischaracterised as anintentionallie.
- Heclaimsto have beenmisunderstood,misquoted, and mischaracterized.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- crystallize
- demystify
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- non-explanatory
- outline
- rough
- trace