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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misrepresentation \Mis*rep`re*sen*ta"tion\, n.
Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or
account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as
a misrepresentation of a person's motives. --Sydney Smith.
Note: In popular use this word often conveys the idea of
intentional untruth.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
misrepresentation
n 1: a misleading falsehood [syn: {deceit}, {deception}]
2: a willful act of falsifying [syn: {falsification}, {falsehood}]
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