Misrepresent
[,mɪsreprɪ'zent] or [,mɪs,rɛprɪ'zɛnt]
Definition
(verb.) represent falsely; 'This statement misrepresents my intentions'.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.
(v. i.) To make an incorrect or untrue representation.
Checker: Ronnie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Misstate, falsify.
Typist: Rosa
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REPRESENT]
Typist: Robinson
Definition
v.t. to represent incorrectly: to act unfaithfully on behalf of.—v.i. to give a false impression.—n. Misrepresentā′tion.
Typed by Jody
Examples
- After lunch, Miss Fairlie and I shoulder our sketch-books, and go out to misrepresent Nature, under your directions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr Sampson,' she began, 'I cannot permit you to misrepresent the intentions of a child of mine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They watch you, misrepresent you, write letters about you (anonymous sometimes), and you are the torment and the occupation of their lives. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- At such a distance as _that_, you know, things are strangely misrepresented. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I am half willing to believe that the celebrated dogs of Constantinople have been misrepresented--slandered. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But, that my view of the Poor Law may not be mistaken or misrepresented, I will state it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Because my conduct has been misrepresented, because my motives have been misunderstood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Shirley