MISREPORTS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of misreport

as in misstatements

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verb

present tense third-person singular of misreport

as in misleads

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Noun

While a large number of respondents were concerned about AI bias, misinformation and data privacy, the most common worries were about academic dishonesty and plagiarism.

— Brett DeJager, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
Since Musk, the world’s richest person, took over X (then Twitter) in 2022 in a $44B deal, the site has come under constant criticism for promoting extremist content and misinformation.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 July 2026

Definition of misinformation

Verb

These are attacks in which a bad actor misleads an AI model by injecting malicious instructions into a conversation, such as a PDF or website code designed to extract valuable company data.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 June 2026
Trademark law asks whether the use misleads consumers about whether a company or person has produced or endorsed something.

— Daryl Lim, Fortune, 30 May 2026

Definition of misleads

Verb

But as Gingras and Khelfaoui argue in the their preprint, removing the two papers distorts the historical record.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026
Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.

— Julie Won, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

Definition of distorts

Noun

Previous studies suggested that dielectric screening plays an important role, but structural distortions and screening effects remained so intertwined that they could not be cleanly separated.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Critics pointed to technological deficiencies, market distortions, misallocation of capital, inefficient state intervention, corruption, and questions about implementation.

— Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 June 2026

Definition of distortions

Verb

The complaint also claims that the image deceives customers into thinking Lipa has endorsed the product and dilutes her brand identity.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 May 2026
The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.

— Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of deceives

Noun

But in recent months, the movie has become the subject of an ongoing culture war clash over what some on the right see as historical inaccuracies and casting choices designed to appease the left.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Meta has countered that Wynn-Williams violated her agreement and wrote a book filled with inaccuracies.

— Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of inaccuracies

Verb

While institutional incentives aren't wrong, portraying them solely as student benefits obscures a critical reality.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
But the total tally obscures how there were basically two types of Davis residents, those living close to the project and those living elsewhere in town.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026

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