"misrepresent" meaning in English

See misrepresent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌmɪsˌrɛprəˈzɛnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misrepresent.wav [UK] Forms: misrepresent [canonical], misrepresents [third-person, singular], misrepresented [past], misrepresented [past, participle], misrepresenting [present, participle]
Etymology: mis- + represent Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|mis|represent}} mis- + represent Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you misrepresent something, you talk about it in a way that gives people the wrong idea. Synonyms: lie
    Sense id: simple-misrepresent-en-verb-712cPHqQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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