Mispresent

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To present badly or wrongly. transitive

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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From mis- + present.

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