"misrepresentative" meaning in English

See misrepresentative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: mis- + representative Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|representative}} mis- + representative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} misrepresentative (not comparable)
  1. Purporting or seeming to be representative without actually being so. Tags: not-comparable

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