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misrepresented

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mis·rep·re·sent  (ms-rpr-znt)
tr.v. mis·rep·re·sent·ed, mis·rep·re·sent·ing, mis·rep·re·sents
1. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
2. To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
mis·repre·sen·tation n.
mis·repre·senta·tive (-znt-tv) adj.
mis·repre·senter n.
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Adj.1.misrepresentedmisrepresented - having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
twisted, distorted, perverted
artful, disingenuous - not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
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You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented "when the lions wrote his- tory.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
There is nothing more unjust than the vulgar opinion, by which physicians are misrepresented, as friends to death.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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