MISREPORTING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

misreporting

verb

present participle of misreport

as in misleading

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Hanaway said in a statement that the Attorney General’s Office takes misleading solicitation seriously.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Lembke encouraged parents to get ahead of the issue by talking openly about drugs before their children encounter inaccurate or misleading information on social media.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of misleading

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But the current state of geopolitics appears to be distorting what being open means.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
China’s aircraft engineers have warned that artificial intelligence could feed false data into military intelligence, potentially distorting the design and operation of advanced weapons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorting

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Abrahamson also is accused of falsifying his total income on his tax filings in 2020, 2022 and 2023.

— Kevin Fixler September 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2026
But protests sprang up, and eventually Serbian prosecutors charged the minister of culture with falsifying documents to secure permits.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of falsifying

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The Bucs couldn’t ask for a better bounce-back opponent after dropping their opener in Cincy, a somewhat deceiving result because of all the Baker Mayfield turnovers.

— Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
The public deserves to know which of his points were defensible and which were deceiving.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of deceiving

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The judge in Lindsay Clancy's high-profile Massachusetts murder trial has extended his order concealing the names of jurors in the case.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The Quebec duo’s face-concealing masks, geometrical hats and polka-dot fashion schemes might scream novelty, but its virtuosic, largely instrumental fare is the genuine article.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

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