Misrepresentation

Mis-repˊre-sen-ta′tion

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Noun.

Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; – usually unfavorable to the thing represented;

as, a

misrepresentation

of a person’s motives

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Sydney Smith.

☞ In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional untruth.

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Noun.

The act of giving a false or erroneous representation.

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A false or incorrect account given, either from mistake, carelessness or malice.

misrepresentation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations)

Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.