mischaracterize
English
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Etymology
mis- + characterize
Verb
mischaracterize (third-person singular simple present mischaracterizes, present participle mischaracterizing, simple past and past participle mischaracterized)
- To characterize falsely or mistakenly
- Our small disagreement has been mischaracterized as a deep rift.
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