MISREPRESENT


Meaning of MISREPRESENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪsreprɪzent ]

( misrepresents, misrepresenting, misrepresented)

If someone misrepresents a person or situation, they give a wrong or inaccurate account of what the person or situation is like.

He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying...

Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers...

Keynes deliberately misrepresented the views of his opponents...

VERB : V n as adj , V n as n , V n

• mis‧rep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tion

(misrepresentations)

I wish to point out your misrepresentation of the facts...

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