(n.) Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives.
Example Sentences:
(1) Much criticism, though, is based on genuine misunderstanding or a wild misrepresentation of reality – even in the pages of prestigious newspapers.
(2) Various kinds of false reports are defined, described, and grouped according to type: misunderstandings, misreporting, distortion through illness, distortion by design, professional error, misrepresentation, and a grouping of less common instances.
(3) One turns up for bums, rampant historical misrepresentation and a man in a wig roaring "spiritus sanctus" in a 13th-century CGI inferno.
(4) And they have been persisting in their misrepresentations, lies, whatever you want to call them, about their activities to my face, to the face of others, on many different occasions.” On Monday the Russian foreign ministry said that US-Russian relations are enduring a difficult period “because of the targeted unfriendly actions of Washington”.
(5) Its campaign of vilification and deliberate misrepresentation of benefit spending has been effective, blaming the poor, not pay structures.
(6) HP said it had uncovered "serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations" at Autonomy.
(7) Given, for example, that over half of them have identified as devout, it is hard to imagine what would have persuaded the 11 peers behind an anti-Falconer paper, An Analysis of the Assisted Dying Bill , to look kindly upon its provisions, but the document constructs an ostensibly faith-free, "clear-thinking" case against, which is nonetheless replete with routine frighteners and selective misrepresentation.
(8) The scaremongering, dissembling and misrepresentation of the no campaign will be ramped up as we approach polling day."
(9) Does he feel the cuddly, avuncular Alan Bennett is a misrepresentation?
(10) There is also the problematic fact that postcolonial theory has, in its account of the colonial encounter, focused almost exclusively on the matter of imperial misrepresentation: it largely ignores what non-western cultures were up to in the last two centuries, unless they were seen to be actively engaged in rebutting the coloniser.
(11) I implore the media to temper further one-sided misrepresentations about this crucial matter that affects the wellbeing of the general public.
(12) Misrepresentations of social work Maris Stratulis , England manager, British Association of Social Workers : "Scaremongering is alienating a lot of the people that social workers are trying to work with.
(13) Any company that makes misrepresentations to consumers about its privacy and security practices risks FTC action.” A number of “anonymous” apps including Whisper and Secret have been launched recently promising the ability to post unidentified messages.
(14) But the Philippines-based OFW (Overseas Foreign Workers) Watch , which supports Filipino migrant workers, said physical abuse, delayed and refused salaries, the misrepresentation of employers and contracts and passport confiscations were common issues in Qatar.
(15) HP called on the US and British authorities to investigate what it called "serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations at Autonomy" before the acquisition.
(16) Premature analysis may result in inaccurate estimation of tumor response and adverse effects as well as misrepresentation of survival.
(17) Her parents told the Austin American-Statesman that this was a misrepresentation of why she was there, while the facility, Heartlight Ministries, issued a statement five days after the page’s creation denying that they provide conversion treatments or held Sarah against her will, adding that she had left.
(18) The actor said the Mail on Sunday's report about his Newsnight comments were an "outrageous misrepresentation ... to get their revenge for the fact I was criticising their kind of journalism".
(19) The Institute for Fiscal Studies played a blinder, as usual, pointing out the Treasury's sleights of hand and misrepresentations.
(20) To call it anti-Muslim is a gross misrepresentation and to say that I'm responsible for all this emotion, again a gross misrepresentation."
Unfair
Definition:
(v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.
(a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The proposed 'reform' is designed to legitimise this blatantly unfair, police state practice, while leaving the rest of the criminal procedure law as misleading decoration," said Professor Jerome Cohen, an expert on China at New York University's School of Law.
(2) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
(3) And the idea that it is somehow “unfair” to tax a small number of mostly rich people who were lucky enough to buy houses in central London that have soared in value to over £2m is perverse.
(4) The two main taxi associations said 100% of their members had parked their cars for the day in an effort to raise awareness over what they called unfair competition.
(5) The walk-out is by far the most serious confrontation with the government since the elevation of the conservative-led, three-party coalition to power in June – and, says unionists, underlines the scale of public anger over cuts that are widely seen to be unfair.
(6) "Public servants did nothing to cause the slump but are being asked to bear an unfair share of the burden.
(7) Miliband said: "Unfair pricing which hits the most vulnerable hardest is completely unacceptable.
(8) Trump variously complained that the Khans had been unfair to him, that Khizr Khan had no right to speak, and that Ghazala Khan was forbidden from speaking.
(9) Chris Leslie, the shadow Treasury minister, said the IFS analysis highlighted the "massive complexity of this unfair policy".
(10) In 2009, the Office of Fair Trading successfully sued Foxtons for extracting “unfair” charges from landlords.
(11) We think the sector rules were operating unfairly in the provider's favour, with consumers having little choice but to accept price increases or pay to exit their contract.
(12) It confirms that Fifa, through its internal bodies, is conducting a one-sided, unfair and biased investigation against Michel Platini, repeatedly violating his right to defend himself.” The Fifa appeals committee, chaired by the Bermudan Larry Mussenden, said the appeals had been rejected in full and the decision of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent ethics committee, chaired by the German judge Hans Joachim-Eckert, confirmed in its entirety.
(13) "The suggestion that I deliberately misled the committee and refused to apologise are both untrue and unfair," she wrote in a letter to Keith Vaz, the committee's chairman.
(14) It was unfair because the court would decide a case by reference to evidence produced by the government, which was not seen by the other party to the case, giving the latter no real opportunity to answer it, he told the BBC.
(15) Trump’s transition team reportedly told French diplomats they disapproved of the conference going ahead, seeing it as an attempt to put unfair pressure on Israel and give an unjustified reward to the Palestinians.
(16) The problem is the practical one of doing something about it without being unfair to the cohorts of pupils who start sitting exams when the previous trend of ever-improving grades is put into reverse.
(17) There’s been a sharp rise in the number of death sentences and executions since Sisi came to power, some of which have taken place after grossly unfair trials.
(18) Griffin vowed to lodge a complaint at the "unfair" way the Question Time programme was produced, despite the BNP's claims that his appearance sparked the "biggest single recruitment night in the party's history".
(19) Murdoch had one on his, of course, but because he was facing hostile interrogation he looked (unfairly) as if he were wearing it in self-protection as a symbol of his own virtue.
(20) Junior doctors contract row: an explainer Read more “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but the government’s refusal to work with us through genuine negotiations and their threat to impose new contracts that we believe are unsafe for patients and unfair for doctors, leaves us with few options”, said Dr Johann Malawana, chair of the JDC.