misrepresent
verb (used with object)
to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
was misrepresenting
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past progressiveof misrepresent.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mejia said that Sokoloff was misrepresenting how many audits his predecessor had done by counting the number of reports — not actual audits — released over that time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
"I apologise for that, but again, I don't think anyone would have interpreted that in any way that I was misrepresenting myself professionally," Reynolds told the Guardian during a trip to India.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
During this time, Jamie Lynn claimed that Britney's lawyer, Sam Ingham, was misrepresenting the pop star and was "creating more reasons to stay in court."
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
An attorney for the defense said Dunikoski was misrepresenting the law.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
He took occasion, moreover, to add that "his colleague, Mr. Carlile, was misrepresenting the attitude of the legislature that sent him there in interposing the objection that was calculated to thwart the whole movement."
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
