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mispresenting

mispresenting is the present participle and gerund of mispresent.

Meaning of mispresent

Verb

mispresent (third-person singular simple present mispresents, present participle mispresenting, simple past and past participle mispresented)

  1. (transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
    • There is just as much danger in mispresenting a subject as there is in no attempt to present it.1915, New York (State). Board of Charities, Annual Report (volume 1, part 1, page 1067)

Questions about mispresenting

What is mispresenting the present participle and gerund of?
Mispresenting is the present participle and gerund of mispresent.

Words near mispresenting in the dictionary

  1. misprescribing
  2. misprescription
  3. misprescriptions
  4. mispresent
  5. mispresented
  6. mispresenting
  7. mispresents
  8. mispreserve
  9. mispreserved
  10. mispreserves
  11. mispreserving

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