Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who misrepresents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who misrepresents.
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- noun One who
misrepresents .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hey Mixner, “panic” does not equal “fear” which also does not equal “to feel anxious about something unpleasant”, you dishonest misrepresenter, you.
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I'd also point out that DTL tends to be an equal-opportunity misrepresenter of commenter views, whether the commenters are gay or straight, liberal or conservative.
"'We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,' Mr. Romney wrote..." Ann Althouse 2006
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Note: Downtown Lad is getting rather well-known here as a serial liar, or misrepresenter and distorter of truth.
"'We must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern,' Mr. Romney wrote..." Ann Althouse 2006
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A great many rash, and it seems to me foolish things, are being said concerning the independent bimetallists of our country, to charge the free coinage people with being repudiators and anarchists, is but to put the party making such false statement in the position of a base misrepresenter, and sooner or later the charge must slap its maker in the face.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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Of course you had done nothing of the kind, but as a wary old fox, experienced sufferer from the dodges of the misrepresenter, I feel bound not to let you get into any trouble if I can help it.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Of course you had done nothing of the kind, but as a wary old fox, experienced sufferer from the dodges of the misrepresenter, I feel bound not to let you get into any trouble if I can help it.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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Instead of meeting my charges, the big companies denounced me for a liar and a misrepresenter, and the insurance journals and subsidized press declared that the things I had charged were impossible.
Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891
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James at Jerusalem wherein he complains bitterly of Paul, styling him a lawless man, and a crafty misrepresenter of him (Peter,) and his doctrine, in that Paul represented, every where, Peter as being secretly of the same opinions with himself; against this he enters his protest, and declares that he reprobates the doctrine of
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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The claimed misrepresenter — AHIP — is identified for those who missed the AHIP-PriceWaterhouse headlines, making the use of “someone else” to refer to the report’s sponsor odd.
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