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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.

They totally

mischaracterize

the action.

Eton.

Verb.

[See Character.] To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to.

They totally mischaracterize the action.

mischaracterize ‎(third-person singular simple present mischaracterizes, present participle mischaracterizing, simple past and past participle mischaracterized)

To characterize falsely or mistakenly
Our small disagreement has been mischaracterized as a deep rift.