misimpression
Example Sentences
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The eight-hour campaign contributed to the Knights’ massive expansion, which in turn fostered a misimpression that it could launch and win a strike against the railroad network controlled by financier Jay Gould.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
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
In doing so, the article might have left the misimpression that such covenants remained as an effective tool to maintain segregation until the Fair Housing Act.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022
"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.
