The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misdescribe
Misdescribe \Mis`de*scribe"\, v. t. To describe wrongly.
Wiktionary
misdescribe
vb. (context transitive English) To (l en incorrectly) (l en explain) or detail#Verb something or someone.
Usage examples of "misdescribe".
That is to say, the new inexperienced journalists who are assigned to meet celebrities aboard ships in the harbour and, through trial and error (usually more of the second than of the first), learn the art of interviewing, of misdescribing in sprightly language odd fauna.