mischaracterize
verb
mis·char·ac·ter·ize
| \ ˌmis-ˈker-ik-tə-ˌrīz
, -ˈka-rik-\
, -ˈka-rik-\
mischaracterized;
mischaracterizing
Definition of mischaracterize
: to characterize (someone or something) wrongly
mischaracterized his position on the issue In many cases, the problems that the news media, activists, and politicians hype are real enough; however they are frequently greatly exaggerated and mischaracterized …— Benjamin Radford
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