misquote
verb (used with or without object)
to quote incorrectly.
have misquoted
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present perfectof misquote.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She famously bemoaned his birth in a cruel letter, which Okrent suggests Sondheim may have misquoted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
Biographers have made up figures about her, from the number of enslaved people she rescued to the bounty on her head, while others have misquoted her, including Hillary Clinton and Kanye West.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2019
“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” Belichick said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2019
“First of all, I think Julian might have misquoted me,” he replied, to laughter from the floor.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2019
A Highlander, in speaking favourably of his wife, is reported to have misquoted this, and characterized her as being "bonnier than she was better."
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
