"misdescriptive" meaning in English

See misdescriptive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more misdescriptive [comparative], most misdescriptive [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English descriptive English misdescriptive From mis- + descriptive. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mis-|descriptive|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English descriptive English misdescriptive [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "to change", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "change", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*meyth₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*missaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*missa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*missa-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "mis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "mys-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "descriptive", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "misdescriptive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="misdescriptive"> From mis- + descriptive. Head templates: {{en-adj}} misdescriptive (comparative more misdescriptive, superlative most misdescriptive)
  1. (law) In United States trademark law, tending to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark. Derived forms: deceptively misdescriptive, misdescriptiveness
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