Mispublicize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To publicize in a misleading, biased, or inaccurate manner.

    "The whole problem of cosmetic surgery has in the past had a rather unfavorable light cast upon it because it has been misused and mispublicized."

Example

More examples

"The whole problem of cosmetic surgery has in the past had a rather unfavorable light cast upon it because it has been misused and mispublicized."

Etymology

From mis- + publicize.

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