misrepresented 1 of 2

adjective

as in distorted

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misrepresented

2 of 2

verb

past tense of misrepresent
1
as in misinterpreted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech

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2
as in obscured
to give a misleading impression of deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case

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Recent Examples of misrepresented
Adjective
Together, these protections give consumers powerful leverage when companies refuse refunds for undelivered or misrepresented tickets, especially when the company’s own policy isn’t working. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
Abernethy specifically accused Carlson of numerous episodes of unprofessional conduct while alleging both swim coaches fostered conflict and misrepresented facts to school officials, including a campaign of false accusations against her. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026 If she is later found to have misrepresented her finances, the full amount will immediately become due. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 This gives buyers the ability to return products that were misrepresented. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026 Other videos also misrepresented the earnings users could have made on parallel bets, the Journal's report found. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 June 2026 Portraying New York state and the company as partners in a fraud on the public, the lawsuit said that the company and New York officials repeatedly misrepresented when the company's contract would begin, causing severe disruptions to patient care statewide. — ABC News, 16 June 2026 They may have been misrepresented. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 In a case filed in September, the DOJ claimed Volgaev concealed and misrepresented his involvement in the smuggling operation during his naturalization process and thus should lose citizenship. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 2 June 2026 The suits filed allege Good Samaritan misrepresented the risk of flooding to new or prospective residents and each seeks thousands in damages. — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresented
  1. distorted
  2. obscured
  3. warped
  4. concealed
  5. colored
  6. contradicted
  7. shaded
Adjective
  • When war finally brought slavery to an end, this distorted view of Washington ceased to be of use as a political emblem.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
  • Human faces emerge from distorted forms that appear stretched through time, echoing motifs found in Chan’s earlier titanium sculptures.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.
    — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of obscured
Adjective
  • The signal degrades at every step along this journey, and the guessers have to do their best with some pretty warped data.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Googlers peppered the executives with anxious questions about whether products like YouTube were reinforcing warped beliefs and making the country more divided.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of warped
Verb
  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of concealed
Adjective
  • White wines might look more yellow, or reds may be brick-colored or brownish.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
  • The dark-colored wash is a nice, polished touch—even with their relaxed silhouette, and midriff bearing rise.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 18 July 2026
Definition of colored
Verb
  • That's the real story, not that a left-wing discredited expert disliked a Republican president who contradicted him.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • Piotr Müller, a European Parliament lawmaker for Law and Justice and Morawiecki supporter, contradicted the party leadership.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of contradicted
Adjective
  • Residents, tribal leaders and advocates say the shaded, overgrown site is a vital urban refuge and cultural landscape, suing Pasadena over tree removal, excavation and potential harm to ancestral remains.
    — Mack Baysinger Follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • Martinez recommends looking for these products if your fence is in a consistently humid or shaded area.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026
Definition of shaded

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