The action or offense of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
‘she is seeking damages on allegations of misrepresentation’
‘this is a gross misrepresentation of the situation’
‘I am always happy to see honest economists call dishonest pundits out on their misrepresentation of the facts.’
‘The ability to post effectively on the Internet can be a very good thing, creating the ability to misrepresentations quickly.’
‘The plaintiff attributes its execution of the deeds to the alleged misrepresentations.’
‘I take full responsibility for any misunderstanding or misrepresentation.’
‘The Final Frontier is hereby found guilty of misrepresentation.’
‘In many cases consent was obtained by Government officials through fraud, coercion or misrepresentation, tactics which annulled the validity of such consent.’
‘Potentially, you could even make knowing misrepresentations in your form.’
‘In several decisions the English courts have found the wording of such clauses was not effective in excluding liability for a pre-contractual misrepresentation.’
‘What their Honours did was to construe the facts to see in the facts a misrepresentation - not a misleading statement, a misrepresentation.’
‘The certificate would also list all of the information necessary to prevent misrepresentation of the media used to create a work.’
‘His misrepresentation seems mainly to reflect the sloppy quality of much Australian work.’
‘This case was not lengthened or complicated by the allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation.’
‘Other readers have unknowingly been victims of a more extraordinary misrepresentation of the novel than even Richardson himself managed.’
‘I am not referring to the distortion or misrepresentation that memory performs like a busy cosmetician.’
‘Thirdly: it was a complete misrepresentation of anything which I, or anyone around me, has ever experienced.’
‘The misrepresentation in the national media on this story has been interesting, too.’
‘Yes, the misrepresentations spanned a considerable period.’
‘The debate gave new life to overheated claims and misrepresentations.’
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