misrepresent
/ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/
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Australia/ˌmɪsˌɹepɹəˈzent/
misrepresent verb: to represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
Verb
misrepresent (third-person singular simple present misrepresents, present participle misrepresenting, simple past and past participle misrepresented)
- To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
- The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
- Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was...1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition...
misrepresent meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
misrepresent in Tamil
- திரித்துக்காட்டு, பகட்டு
misrepresent in Urdu
- غلط بیانی کرنا
misrepresent in Bengali
- ভুলভাবে উপস্থাপন করা, বিকৃত করা, অসত্য বর্ণনা দেওয়া
misrepresent in Malayalam
- misstate, give a false account of, give a false idea of
- തെറ്റിദ്ധരിപ്പിക്കുക, തെറ്റായി ബോധിപ്പിക്കുക, മാറ്റി അറിയിക്കുക, തെറ്റിപ്രസ്താവിക്കുക, തെറ്റിപ്പറയുക, തെറ്റി അറിവുകൊടുക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- misrepresent in Thai
- บิดเบือน bìt-bʉʉan
- misrepresent in Vietnamese
- bóp méo, xuyên tạc
Examples of misrepresent in a sentence
- Don’t let manipulative state legislators misrepresent science and fearmonger you into giving them money.
- To the opposing party for damages for having misrepresented or miswarranted your authority.
- If you mistweet, misfire or misrepresent then take the time to think of an appropriate response.
Forms of misrepresent
| third-person singular present | misrepresents |
|---|---|
| present participle | misrepresenting |
| past participle | misrepresented |
| past | misrepresented |
Origin of misrepresent
From mis- + represent.
Words formed from misrepresent
Questions about misrepresent
- What does misrepresent mean?
- Misrepresent means to represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
- What is misrepresent in Tamil?
- Misrepresent in Tamil is திரித்துக்காட்டு, பகட்டு. See Misrepresent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misrepresent?
- Misrepresent is a verb.
- How do you pronounce misrepresent?
- Misrepresent is pronounced /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of misrepresent?
- The past tense of misrepresent is misrepresented.
Words near misrepresent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misrepresent (page history and authors); misrepresent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrepresent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrepresent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrepresent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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