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verb

past tense of misrepresent

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Recent Examples of misrepresented
Verb
From New York to Miami, the vacation rental market has long been under attack — often misrepresented by powerful hotel lobbies and blamed for housing challenges by policymakers and local residents. Shaun McCorry, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025 The agency has consistently concealed Hamas’s abuses and misrepresented Israel’s counterterrorism efforts. Avraham Russell Shalev, National Review, 24 Mar. 2025 The government has claimed that Palestinian protester Mahmoud Khalil intentionally misrepresented information on his green card application and therefore is inadmissible to the United States. Armando Garcia, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025 Any interactions referenced in these allegations have been taken entirely out of context and misrepresented. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025 In between those bookends, however, much about Christophe’s life and contributions have been debated, exaggerated and even misrepresented against a backdrop of an isolated Haiti. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 Liu and her associates allegedly misrepresented who the electronic components would be sent to, so they were exported to the Chinese front companies under the belief they were being sent to China. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025 Practicing Forgiveness—For Your Partner And Yourself Much like gratitude, forgiveness is commonly misrepresented. Mark Travers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 The lawsuit, filed by members of the church in October 2024, stems from allegations that Gateway was not transparent with its finances and misrepresented how donations were spent despite generating $100 million in revenue in the past, according to The Christian Post. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misrepresented
Adjective
  • For me, balancing family and the creative lifestyle and more, time is definitely about distorted moments.
    Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • For Saturday’s show — which ran despite the June edition of London Fashion Week being cancelled by the British Fashion Council — Rose presented looks that twisted, stretched, distorted and shrunken outerwear staples including puffa jackets, trench coats.
    Steve Salter, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • In the crowded parish hall, a sea of limbs and phones and flashes of light obscured the painting.
    James Factora, Them, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, all these great locations and details are obscured constantly, muddled into blurry backgrounds.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Life is a warped jigsaw puzzle: The pieces of the normal and the abnormal do not fit together.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 22 June 2025
  • The series, which premiered in May, blends cinematic storytelling with Segura’s signature warped sense of humor, taking audiences through a series of unsettling and often outrageous scenarios.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Officers uncovered the remains of four monkeys, identified as bushmeat, concealed among other items.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The octopus’ position on the board is concealed, playing cards to bluff about their location, and sneaking around the board trying to grab its food.
    James Palmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Magic, now 19-12, have contradicted that wisdom.
    Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • However, but it’s now been flatly contradicted.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

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“Misrepresented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misrepresented. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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