false impression
Example Sentences
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It's best to exclude penalties as refereeing decisions and defensive clumsiness give a false impression of how good teams actually are at attacking and defending, especially at this early stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It creates the false impression of consensus and momentum where it doesn’t actually exist.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
That shift created the false impression that overall snow extent was expanding.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
When revenue flows both ways, gross sales numbers can give a false impression of AI demand, Castagno says.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
But I think now that that was a false impression.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
