misquote
verb (used with or without object)
to quote incorrectly.
misquotes
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present tense formof misquote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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On March 16, 2021, the paper corrected a couple of misquotes that it had printed.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.
From The Verge ● Jan. 30, 2019
Rep. Davis even misquotes it as: “Nothing in this bill shall allow insurance companies to deny anyone coverage for preexisting conditions.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2018
It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2018
Hypocrisy reads and misquotes, and credulity accepts the quotation.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
