Meaning

1 senses
  1. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

    The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.

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    искази́тьiskazítʹ, передёргиватьperedjórgivatʹ, передёрнутьperedjórnutʹ

    переіна́кшитиpereinákšyty, переіна́кшуватиpereinákšuvaty

    represent falsely

Examples

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  1. He often misrepresents facts for his advantage.

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  2. Journalists need to be careful not to misrepresent information.

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  3. Unfortunately, many of the popular science articles written about the study misrepresented its conclusions.

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  4. Tom misrepresented himself as a disinterested person with no prior opinions on the matter.

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  5. Islam is grossly misrepresented.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as:
Русский
By meaning 1
to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as:

Forms

misrepresents, misrepresenting, misrepresented, misrepresented
Base formmisrepresent · to misrepresent
3rd person singularmisrepresents
Present participlemisrepresenting
Past simplemisrepresented
Past participlemisrepresented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisrepresent
he, she, itmisrepresents

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisrepresented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misrepresented
he, she, ithas misrepresented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misrepresent

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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