"misreport" meaning in English

See misreport in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈmɪsɹɪˌpɔː(ɹ)t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misreport.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misreport2.wav Forms: misreports [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mysreport, equivalent to mis- + report. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mysreport}} Middle English mysreport, {{af|en|mis-|report}} mis- + report Head templates: {{en-noun}} misreport (plural misreports)
  1. A false report.
    Sense id: en-misreport-en-noun-hadrLnay
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈpɔː(ɹ)t/, /ˈmɪsɹɪˌpɔː(ɹ)t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misreport.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misreport2.wav Forms: misreports [present, singular, third-person], misreporting [participle, present], misreported [participle, past], misreported [past]
Etymology: From Middle English misreporten, equivalent to mis- + report. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misreporten}} Middle English misreporten, {{af|en|mis-|report}} mis- + report Head templates: {{en-verb}} misreport (third-person singular simple present misreports, present participle misreporting, simple past and past participle misreported)
  1. (transitive) To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Tags: transitive Related terms: misspeak
    Sense id: en-misreport-en-verb-xXJsDDo7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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