misdescription.

An inaccurate description of a thing, event or condition.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• misdescription of a document
• material misdescription

On the page

The misdescription of the document confused its date with the copying date.

A material misdescription changed how the condition was understood.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular misdescription; plural misdescriptions. Also uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: moderately common.