Don't misrepresent yourself.
Source: tatoeba (10843428)
Misrepresent
//ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt//
Synonyms for "misrepresent" (77 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- խեղաթյուրել verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Bulgarian
2 entries- представя за verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- представям за verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Chinese
1 entries- 歪曲 verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 歪曲 verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 歪曲 verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Czech
3 entries- nesprávně vylíčit verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- překroutit verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- zkreslit verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
French
1 entries- détorquer verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
German
1 entries- umlügen verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 歪曲 verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Latin
1 entries- dētorqueō verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Māori
4 entries- aweke verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- whakapeau verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- whakapeau verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- whakatapeha verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Polish
2 entries- przeinaczać verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- przeinaczyć verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Portuguese
1 entries- deturpar verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Russian
3 entries- искази́ть verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- передёргивать verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- передёрнуть verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Spanish
4 entries- deformar verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- desformar verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- disformar verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- incurrir en falsedad verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Swedish
1 entries- förvanska verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Thai
1 entries- บิดเบือน verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Ukrainian
2 entries- переіна́кшити verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- переіна́кшувати verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bóp méo verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
- xuyên tạc verb (to inaccurately portray something — see also pass off as)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Antisemites will take a leftist Jew saying, "There should be no borders," and a right-wing Jew saying, "Israel needs to defend its borders," and misrepresent them both as part of the same united effort with the same goals.
Source: tatoeba (11241991)
Journalists need to be careful not to misrepresent information.
Source: tatoeba (11413939)
The truth was too beautiful and too curious, the proofs which he was able to produce were too logical and too conclusive for him to consent to misrepresent it.
Source: tatoeba (12433956)
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