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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMisdescribe
/ˌmɪs.dɪˈskraɪb/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To describe something incorrectly or inaccurately.
"The article misdescribed the events leading up to the incident." - 2
To fail to represent the characteristics or qualities of something accurately in description.
"If you misdescribe the product, customers may be disappointed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'misdescribe' is formed from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly', combined with 'describe', which comes from the Latin 'describere', meaning 'to write down'. The term has evolved in English to denote the act of describing something inaccurately or incorrectly.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Misdescribe" is said worldwide
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mal décrire
Transliteration: mal decrire
"L'article a mal décrit les événements."
falsch beschreiben
Transliteration: falsch beschreiben
"Der Artikel hat die Ereignisse falsch beschrieben."
descrivere male
Transliteration: descrivere male
"L'articolo ha descritto male gli eventi."
describir mal
Transliteration: describir mal
"El artículo describió mal los eventos."
descrever mal
Transliteration: descrever mal
"O artigo descreveu mal os eventos."
गलत वर्णन करना
Transliteration: galat varnan karna
"लेख ने घटनाओं का गलत वर्णन किया।"
错误描述
Transliteration: cuòwù miáoshù
"文章错误描述了事件。"
잘못 설명하다
Transliteration: jalmos seolmyeonghada
"그 기사는 사건을 잘못 설명했습니다."
誤って説明する
Transliteration: ayamatte setsumei suru
"その記事は出来事を誤って説明しました。"
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