wrong impression

collocation in English

meaningsofwrongandimpression

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wrong
adjective
uk
/rɒŋ/us
/rɑːŋ/
not ...
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impression
noun
uk
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/us
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/
an idea or opinion of what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofwrongandimpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrong impression

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To my mind it creates quite thewrongimpression.
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I hesitate to describe it as a 'working book' for this might give thewrongimpressionand detract attention from the rigorous blend of practice and informed analysis it contains.
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Evaluation based on particular goals, for instance from a particular period or from another source, might give thewrongimpressionthat a policy is a success or a failure.
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That will give thewrongimpressionto industry, which will have to make huge investments if the digital revolution is to occur.
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I am most anxious to correct anywrongimpression.
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That gives completely thewrongimpressionto benefit applicants.
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Why not give the details and dispel thatwrongimpression?
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I am particularly anxious that we should not get awrongimpressionabout these things.
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I hope that was awrongimpression, because postage is very expensive already.
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I do not want to leave thewrongimpression.
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It is giving an entirelywrongimpression, and the teachers are deprived of the help which they get in all other subjects.
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Even if the long title is more explicit, such a name is a switch-off and it gives thewrongimpressionto the world.
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We are most anxious that any publicity which this debate may receive should not give awrongimpressionto people outside.
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I should not like anyone outside to have thewrongimpression.
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I would like to correct that, because it is so easy to get thewrongimpressionabout shipping.
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A supplementary question couched in that form gives an entirelywrongimpression.
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It would be conveying awrongimpressionif one were to say that the whole spinning trade is in bad circumstances.
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It is of the utmost importance, and to give a summary of it might give awrongimpression.
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More important, it gives entirely thewrongimpressionabroad.
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She said that people got thewrongimpressionof her.
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