misimpression
Example Sentences
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It’s an article of faith down our way that Democrats are good at enacting programs that help ordinary Americans and the vulnerable, but atrocious at communicating their ideals and successes to the public, while Republicans care only about serving the rich but are superb at fostering the misimpression that they’re servants of the masses.
From Los Angeles Times
That gives the public “a misimpression,” and they will “lose confidence in government because they’re spending this disproportionate share and not getting the services they should,” he replied.
From Los Angeles Times
Susan Moss suspects this is a misimpression of prestige.
From Washington Post
A cynic might ask whether the phrase “missing middle” was adopted to create the misimpression that it would lead to more affordable housing for middle-income families.
From Washington Post
One way to push back against the misimpression the computers are intelligent in any meaningful sense is to stop calling it artificial intelligence and, instead, use a more accurate label, such as faux intelligence or pseudo-intelligence.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
