mispresent

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ present

Verb

mispresent (third-person singular simple present mispresents, present participle mispresenting, simple past and past participle mispresented)

1. (transitive) To present badly or wrongly.
   • 1915, New York (State). Board of Charities, Annual Report (volume 1, part 1, page 1067)

     There is just as much danger in mispresenting a subject as there is in no attempt to present it.

Anagrams

• presentism