How to Use mischaracterization in a Sentence

mischaracterization

noun

• Now, to say the Bengals game was the first where the Colts pushed the ball downfield would be a mischaracterization.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2020
• The new law would not affect self-defense statutes already on the books, a mischaracterization that Reeves has fought hard to counter.
  — Morgan Rimmer, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021
• The claim is based on a mischaracterization of the data available, experts say.
  — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
• The report calls this a mischaracterization of the punishment carried out on a Black officer by an all-white chain of command.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
• The problem is worse than simply the mischaracterization of a single high-profile crime.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• French scholars criticized both that chilling effect the term seems to have, as well as its crass mischaracterization of the fields of academic inquiry in its crosshairs.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• It's been the same mischaracterization that the media has run with to suggest that President Trump is just sitting on a mountain of documents.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2023
• Don’t get caught up in a mischaracterization of your behavior, your skills or your career desires.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• What could be a stronger mischaracterization than that?
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Gaetz has framed the allegations as a gross mischaracterization of his playboy days.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• That's a mischaracterization of Mueller's nearly 450-page report and its core findings.
  — Hope Yen, Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020
• Every day for decades, Albert worked with hundreds of people who can – and will – testify about the falsity of Ms. Zucker’s mischaracterizations of him.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
• Every day for decades, Albert worked with hundreds of people who can - and will - testify about the falsity of Ms. Zucker’s mischaracterizations of him.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
• Every day for decades, Albert worked with hundreds of people who can — and will — testify about the falsity of Ms. Zucker’s mischaracterizations of him.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• But not accepting the virus as a severe universal threat, that was a mischaracterization.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• Crisis-pregnancy homes, despite their recent mischaracterization in The Handmaid’s Tale, do amazing work to protect and help rebuild the lives of new mothers.
  — Carrie Gress, National Review, 29 Aug. 2021
• Again, the passages read aloud by Cruz are a serious mischaracterization.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• The title Between Two Millstones refers primarily to the surprising hostility to, and absurd mischaracterization of, his views that the author faced in the West.
  — Gary Saul Morson, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
• Those statements were a mischaracterization of Nikola and Iveco’s progress in Ulm, according to two people familiar with the matter.
  — Edward Ludlow, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• At its core, this argument rests on profound mischaracterization of Adam Smith.
  — Mark Koyama, National Review, 23 Jan. 2023
• The claim is a mischaracterization of a case in which an appellate court ruled a protest organizer could be held liable for an attendee assaulting a police officer.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
• More Investigators wrote in a six-page report filed less than three weeks ago that Clary's description of Greene's demeanor after he was cuffed on a dark roadside near Monroe was clearly a mischaracterization.
  — CBS News, 24 May 2021
• The error was quickly corrected, and framing the incident as evidence of fraud is a gross mischaracterization.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
• As selling oils meant for external use or skincare isn’t prohibited, the rising interest in navel oiling technically abides by the letter of the law, but allows for wild mischaracterizations in the process.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
• The severe mischaracterization of the D2D company model isn’t entirely a bad thing.
  — Sean Willchene, Forbes, 7 June 2022
• Owens' mischaracterization of the document and comparing, by implication, the CDC to the Nazi party is complete kookiness.
  — Holmes Lybrand, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
• Russell’s attorney, Charles Burnham, said that was a mischaracterization by the federal agents.
  — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The fact that even the plainest images are open to interpretation, manipulation and mischaracterization places an ethical burden on the viewer.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
• The mischaracterization about Russia, Russia, Russia, and the impeachment, etc.
  — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 3 Dec. 2020
• Despite that being a sweeping generalization and mischaracterization, this narrative was parroted by kids in the school yard and government officials alike.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024