misrepresent
11misrepresent — misrepresentation, n. misrepresentative, adj. misrepresenter, n. /mis rep ri zent /, v.t. 1. to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely. 2. to represent in an unsatisfactory manner. [1640 50; MIS 1 + REPRESENT] Syn. MISREPRESENT, DISTORT …
12misrepresent — mis•rep•re•sent [[t]ˌmɪs rɛp rɪˈzɛnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely 2) to represent in an unsatisfactory manner • Etymology: 1640–50 mis rep•re•sen•ta′tion, n. syn: misrepresent, distort, falsify share the sense of …
13misrepresent — mis|rep|re|sent [ˌmısreprıˈzent] v [T] to deliberately give a wrong description of someone s opinions or of a situation ▪ These statistics grossly misrepresent the reality. >misrepresentation [ˌmısreprızenˈteıʃən] n [U and C] ▪ a… …
14misrepresent — mis|rep|re|sent [ ,mısreprə zent ] verb transitive to give a false or incorrect account or description of what someone or something is like in order to trick someone: He has been accused of misrepresenting the results of the study. misrepresent… …
15misrepresent — verb (T) to deliberately give a wrong description of someone s opinions or of a situation: These statistics grossly misrepresent the reality. misrepresentation / mIsreprIzen teISDn/ noun (C, U) …
16misrepresent — transitive verb Date: 1647 1. to give a false or misleading representation of usually with an intent to deceive or be unfair < misrepresented the facts > 2. to serve badly or improperly as a representative of • misrepresentation noun •… …
17misrepresent — verb To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something …
18misrepresent — verb ADVERB ▪ grossly, seriously ▪ completely ▪ deliberately PREPOSITION ▪ as ▪ …
19misrepresent — Synonyms and related words: belie, bias, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, cloak, color, confuse, counterfeit, disguise, dissemble, distort, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, feign, fudge, garble, gild,… …
20misrepresent — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misstate, embroider, distort, falsify, understate; see also deceive , lie 1 , mislead . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly: belie, color, distort, falsify,… …
