"misrepresent" meaning in English

See misrepresent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misrepresent.wav Forms: misrepresents [present, singular, third-person], misrepresenting [participle, present], misrepresented [participle, past], misrepresented [past]
Etymology: From mis- + represent. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|represent}} mis- + represent Head templates: {{en-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. Derived forms: misrepresentation Translations (to inaccurately portray something): խեղաթյուրել (xeġatʻyurel) (Armenian), 歪曲 (oai-khiok) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 歪曲 (waai¹ kuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 歪曲 (wāiqū) (Chinese Mandarin), nesprávně vylíčit [perfective] (Czech), zkreslit [perfective] (Czech), překroutit [perfective] (Czech), détorquer (French), umlügen (German), 歪曲 (vâi-khiuk) (Hakka Chinese), dētorqueō (Latin), aweke (Maori), whakapeau (Maori), przeinaczyć (Polish), przeinaczać (Polish), deturpar (Portuguese), искази́ть (iskazítʹ) (Russian), передёргивать (peredjórgivatʹ) (Russian), передёрнуть (peredjórnutʹ) (Russian), incurrir en falsedad (Spanish), tergiversar (Spanish), förvanska (Swedish), บิดเบือน (bìt-bʉʉan) (Thai), переіна́кшити (pereinákšyty) (Ukrainian), переіна́кшувати (pereinákšuvaty) (Ukrainian), bóp méo (Vietnamese), xuyên tạc (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "xeġatʻyurel",
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "dētorqueō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "aweke"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "whakapeau"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "przeinaczyć"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "przeinaczać"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "deturpar"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "iskazítʹ",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "искази́ть"
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          "roman": "peredjórgivatʹ",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "передёргивать"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "peredjórnutʹ",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "incurrir en falsedad"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "tergiversar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "förvanska"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bìt-bʉʉan",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "บิดเบือน"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereinákšyty",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "переіна́кшити"
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          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "переіна́кшувати"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
          "word": "bóp méo"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
      "word": "umlügen"
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
      "word": "incurrir en falsedad"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
      "word": "tergiversar"
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
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      "sense": "to inaccurately portray something",
      "word": "bóp méo"
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