Synonyms & Near Synonyms for misrepresentation. falsification , misinformation, misreport, misstatement.
| sincerity artlessness | guilelessness ingenuousness | sincereness disclosure | good faith honesty | truthfulness veracity |
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deceptionnoun. Antonyms: guilelessness , candor, disillusionment, fair dealing, sincerity. Synonyms: imposition, craft, duplicity, deceit, hoax, fallacy, ruse, imposture, artifice, illusion, prevarication, finesse, dissimulation, cozenage, sophistry, coggery.
transitive verb. 1 : to give a false or misleading representation of usually with an intent to deceive or be unfair misrepresented the facts. 2 : to serve badly or improperly as a representative of.
A classic misrepresentation example in contract terms would be telling someone an item is “just like new” when it’s really several years old and worn from use . Inducing someone to enter into a contract with false claims is called misrepresentation.
inexact , loose; erroneous, wrong, faulty.
| unrealistic expectation undue confidence | delusion daydream | pipe dream wishful thinking | whim illusion | conceit figment |
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| fake counterfeit | dud pretend | fabricated feigned | substitute fictitious | copied pirated |
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adjective, un·tru·er, un·tru·est. not true , as to a person or a cause, to fact, or to a standard. unfaithful; false.
faithless , false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to what should command one’s fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty.
There are three types of misrepresentations— innocent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and fraudulent misrepresentation —all of which have varying remedies.
A misrepresentation is an untrue statement of a material fact made by one party which affects the other party’s decision in corresponding to a contract. ... In such a contract dispute, the party who made the misrepresentation becomes the defendant and the aggrieved party is the plaintiff.
transitive verb. : to characterize (someone or something) wrongly mischaracterized his position on the issue In many cases, the problems that the news media, activists, and politicians hype are real enough; however they are frequently greatly exaggerated and mischaracterized ...—
