Dictionary

misrepresent en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌməsˌɹepɹəˈzent/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌmɪsˌɹepɹəˈzent/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presend English -t English present English represent English misrepresent From mis- + represent.

Meanings

1. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
   • The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
   • Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.' 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms

Deriveds

misrepresentation · misrepresenter

Translations (36)

sv förvanska (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · bg представям за (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · es desformar (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · fr détorquer (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · hak 歪曲 (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · yue 歪曲 (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · hy խեղաթյուրել (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · es disformar (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · es deformar (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · fi esittää virheellisesti (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · de umlügen (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · vi bóp méo (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · la dētorqueō (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · mi whakapeau (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · mi whakatapeha (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · es incurrir en falsedad (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · uk переіна́кшити (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · vi xuyên tạc (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · nan-hbl 歪曲 (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · ru искази́ть (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · fi vääristellä (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · pt deturpar (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · cs nesprávně vylíčit (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · pl przeinaczać (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · ru передёрнуть (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · th บิดเบือน (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · bg представя за (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · pl przeinaczyć (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · uk переіна́кшувати (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · cmn 歪曲 (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · cs překroutit (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · es tergiversar (las palabras de) (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · cs zkreslit (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · fi esittää väärin (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · ru передёргивать (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as) · mi aweke (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)