misdescribe
verb[T]
(alsomis-describe)uk/ˌmɪs.dɪˈskraɪb/us/ˌmɪs.dɪˈskraɪb/todescribesomething in a way that is notcorrect:
If thegoodswere misdescribed or arefaulty,customersareprotectedbylaw.
We willremoveanyitemsthat are mis-described.
- The car's been misdescribed and you haveevidencethat theadvertisedmileageisn'tgenuine, so you willwinyourcase.
- There arehonesttraderswhocarelesslymisdescribetheirgoods.
- They areinclinedto mis-describedead-endjobsas "entry-level".
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