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misrepresent

/ˌmɪsˈrɛprɪˌzɛnt/

misrepresentverb

misrepresented

Past Simple

misrepresented

Past Participle

misrepresenting

Gerund

/ˌmɪsˈrɛprɪˌzɛnt/

Translations

The lawyer was accused of trying to misrepresent the facts.

Адвоката обвинили в попытке исказить факты.

представлять в ложном свете

The media tends to misrepresent the situation to attract more viewers.

СМИ склонны представлять ситуацию в ложном свете, чтобы привлечь больше зрителей.

Additional translations

Definitions

To give a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

The company was accused of misrepresenting the benefits of its product.

To serve as a false or inaccurate representation of something.

The statistics misrepresent the true scale of the problem.

Synonyms

misrepresentpast participle

Definitions

Incorrectly described, reported, or presented; presented in a misleading way.

The misrepresented data led to wrong conclusions.