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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrepresent.

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Examples

  • I think Mike Gene's choice of words, something like "misrepresents" or "mischaracterizes" is precisly what one would want to pick for a single-word description of the charge.

    Dawkins Misrepresents Konner 2006

  • The court here, however, found that the essential claim — that Ocean Spray’s label misrepresents its primary ingredients — didn’t rely on an interpretation of FDA regulations or on FDA determinations.

    Joining the Pom squad Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • The court here, however, found that the essential claim — that Ocean Spray’s label misrepresents its primary ingredients — didn’t rely on an interpretation of FDA regulations or on FDA determinations.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • Department Secretary Ken Salazar's report "misrepresents" their position.

    The Jawa Report 2010

  • "misrepresents" their position and that halting the drilling is actually a bad idea.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • What most physicians and consumers don't recognize is that science is now for sale; published data often misrepresents the truth, academic medical research has become corrupted by pharmaceutical money and special interests, and government regulators more often protect industry than the public.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • What most physicians and consumers don't recognize is that science is now for sale; published data often misrepresents the truth, academic medical research has become corrupted by pharmaceutical money and special interests, and government regulators more often protect industry than the public.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • What most physicians and consumers don't recognize is that science is now for sale; published data often misrepresents the truth, academic medical research has become corrupted by pharmaceutical money and special interests, and government regulators more often protect industry than the public.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Science for Sale: Protect Yourself From Medical Research Deception MD Mark Hyman 2010

  • (Cameron) misrepresents my findings and distorts them to advance his homophobic views.

    Alvin McEwen: AOL article demonstrates the deception of anti-gay bad science Alvin McEwen 2010

  • (Cameron) misrepresents my findings and distorts them to advance his homophobic views.

    Alvin McEwen: AOL article demonstrates the deception of anti-gay bad science Alvin McEwen 2010

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