misquotation
AmericanEtymology
Origin of misquotation
Example Sentences
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It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2025
The fact-check flagged a misquotation that should have been rendered as a paraphrase.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022
The misquotation came from an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that has since been corrected.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2019
O’Brien’s conversation often turns to literary quotation—and, at times, to lively misquotation.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
He made a misquotation and I said it wasn’t in the Bible: I hunted for days and days.
From Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study by Moody, Dwight Lyman
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