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What does misrepresentation mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word misrepresentation? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
  2. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
  3. In map-making, faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
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Avoidance for innocent misrepresentation or nondisclosure is not permitted, unless the law prohibits such an exclusion.
Hamlet as a play is similarly preoccupied by slander, misrepresentation and selves fabricated from the nothings of rhetorical tropes.
The plaintiff's action includes claims for negligent misrepresentation, constructive dismissal, and wrongful dismissal.
We cannot afford misrepresentation of the facts, jingoism and warmongering in the media.
Your gripe was that you did not get what you bargained for and expected because of this misrepresentation.
Universities themselves seem anxious to avoid misrepresentation in this area.

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