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misrepresenting

misrepresenting is the present participle and gerund of misrepresent.

Meaning of misrepresent

Verb

misrepresent (third-person singular simple present misrepresents, present participle misrepresenting, simple past and past participle misrepresented)

  1. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
    • The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.

Noun

misrepresenting (plural misrepresentings)

  1. A misrepresentation.

Forms of misrepresenting

pluralmisrepresentings

Questions about misrepresenting

What does misrepresenting mean?
Misrepresenting means a misrepresentation.
What is misrepresenting the present participle and gerund of?
Misrepresenting is the present participle and gerund of misrepresent.
What part of speech is misrepresenting?
Misrepresenting is a noun.
What is the plural of misrepresenting?
The plural of misrepresenting is misrepresentings.

Words near misrepresenting in the dictionary

  1. misrepresentations
  2. misrepresentative
  3. misrepresented
  4. misrepresenter
  5. misrepresenters
  6. misrepresenting
  7. misrepresentings
  8. misrepresents
  9. misrepute
  10. misreputed
  11. misreputing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misrepresenting (page history and authors); misrepresent (page history and authors). 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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