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- verb transitive To
portray inaccurately.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As my context made clear, I certainly did not "misportray" Grünbaum, by implying that he would believe there is no other path to clinical validation.
How Valid Is Psychoanalysis? An Exchange Gruenbaum, Adolf 1981
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Look back to the early 1900s and into the '30s and' 40s and you'll see a trend in the pulps to demonize and misportray cultures from "darkest Africa" etc.
Savage Kingdom SVGL 2009
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The fair reason is that for MANY years whites have had a history of using media to misportray people of other ethnicities so even in light of the civil right movement people are still fearful that portrayals of other races by white folks have have a hidden or overt racist connotation/agenda.
No One Wants To Own Up To Racism In Transformers | /Film 2009
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The media is so biased against them and determine misportray them using any devious tactic they can because they are profitting so much from this exploitation.
Jennifer Aniston & Angelina Jolie: The Oscars Punch-Up, Sunday 2008
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You're running ads that misportray completely my position on immigration.
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You're running ads that misportray completely my position on immigration.
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I wasn't trying to misportray you guys, or misrepresent you guys, or anything like that.
In Exile 2005
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I wasn't trying to misportray you guys, or misrepresent you guys, or anything like that.
In Exile 2005
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I wasn't trying to misportray you guys, or misrepresent you guys, or anything like that.
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I wasn't trying to misportray you guys, or misrepresent you guys, or anything like that.
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