Definition of "misimpression" [misimpression]

• A faulty or mistaken impression. (noun)

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• "Much of the balance of Justice Sotomayor's remarks sought to correct what she called the misimpression that there is animosity among the justices."
• "In constructing the legal rationale for the "Other Intelligence Activities," Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) lawyer John Yoo "did not accurately describe the scope" of the activities, which led former attorney general John Ashcroft to give "his legal authorization to the program for the first two and a half years based on a 'misimpression' of what activities the N.S.A. was actually conducting.""
• "OTTAWA-KANDAHAR - Prime Minister Stephen Harper publicly upbraided his foreign affairs minister Monday for creating a "misimpression" that the governor of Kandahar should be fired for corruption."