misreport

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English misreporten, equivalent to mis- +‎ report.

Verb

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misreport (third-person singular simple present misreports, present participle misreporting, simple past and past participle misreported)

  1. (transitive) To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.
    Hypernym: misrepresent
    Coordinate term: missummarize
    Near-synonym: misstate
    • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. [], London: [] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, [], →OCLC:
      The wrong judgment that misleads us , and makes the will often fasten on the worse side , lies in misreporting upon the various comparisons of thes
    • 2009, David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, Roy Morris, Seeking a Voice, page 156:
      Often, she would discover facts that had been overlooked or misreported by the mainstream press.

See also

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Etymology 2

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From Middle English mysreport, equivalent to mis- +‎ report.

Noun

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misreport (plural misreports)

  1. A false report.
    Hypernym: misrepresentation
    Near-synonym: misstatement

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