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misportray

misportray verb: to portray inaccurately.

Verb

misportray (third-person singular simple present misportrays, present participle misportraying, simple past and past participle misportrayed)

  1. (transitive) To portray inaccurately.

Forms of misportray

third-person singular presentmisportrays
present participlemisportraying
past participlemisportrayed
pastmisportrayed

Origin of misportray

From mis- + portray.

Questions about misportray

What does misportray mean?
Misportray means to portray inaccurately.
What part of speech is misportray?
Misportray is a verb.
What is the past tense of misportray?
The past tense of misportray is misportrayed.

Words near misportray in the dictionary

  1. mispolarized
  2. mispolarizes
  3. mispolicies
  4. mispolicy
  5. mispolyadenylation
  6. misportray
  7. misportrayal
  8. misportrayals
  9. misportrayed
  10. misportraying
  11. misportrays

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