misimpression
Example Sentences
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In a court filing, the public health groups warned that an exemption would “create the misimpression that premium cigars are safer tobacco products because they are unregulated.”
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote that the lawyer was given wrong information by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, adding: “We regret any misimpression inadvertently created by the answer that was given.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023
Susan Moss suspects this is a misimpression of prestige.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023
"Enhanced features require connectivity with more networks, which can lead to the misimpression that an Android-based device is less secure".
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021
Huge boulders lent an air of solidity to the place, but the rolling rubble underfoot corrected the misimpression.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
