misreported

Definition of misreportednext
past tense of misreport

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreported
Verb
  • When academic instructional coaches were suddenly back on the chopping block after mental health practitioners were saved, Peak said she felt misled.
    Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The group sued top Missouri state officials and lawmakers in October, arguing the ballot measure, called Amendment 4, misled voters by burying its true intent — the direct democracy overhaul — under other bullet points.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, said the data was distorted by the timing of the Lunar New Year, which falls in mid-February this year after taking place in January last year.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The regulatory asymmetry distorted competition and made Verizon’s devices uniquely attractive to criminals.
    Roslyn Layton, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • And don’t be deceived by Saturday’s sunny skies as the high will be 32 with wind chills as low as 9 degrees.
    Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Challengers should give Marylanders the option to choose a new direction and remove the need to confront the painful reality that they were deceived.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Ask whether the hypothesis, at least in principle, can be falsified.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • After Mario left, the school was hit with NCAA sanctions in 1995 following a Pell Grant scandal in which an academic advisor falsified financial aid for more than 50 players.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But for the past several days, that façade has been obscured by a giant inflatable rat.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Dedication sifts through the turmoil and joy of Mirah’s life with an intimacy rarely obscured by obliquity or metaphor.
    Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The pressure to keep exile concealed—to keep it invisible—mounts when disclosing the reasons motivating the journey would put travelers at risk.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Clarke and two others whose mothers also concealed their pregnancies from Nazi guards are among the youngest survivors of the Holocaust.
    Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Misreported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreported. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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