misdescribe

misdescribe
misdescription /mis'di skrip"sheuhn/, n.misdescriptive, adj.
/mis'di skruyb"/, v.t., v.i., misdescribed, misdescribing.
to describe incorrectly or falsely.
[1820-30; MIS-1 + DESCRIBE]

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