misimpression

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ impression.

Noun

misimpression (plural misimpressions)

  1. An inaccurate or misleading impression
    • 1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5:
      Will is an intelligent person, and if he is under such a grievous misimpression, then I obviously did not do a good job of communicating the Subcommittee's work to the membership.
    • 1988 March 11, Michael Miner, “Broder Against Broder/For the Editor Who Dares to Be Different”, in Chicago Reader:
      Often the misimpression a reporter gives is trivial.

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