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verbmispresent (third-person singular simple present mispresents, present participle mispresenting, simple past and past participle mispresented)
present singular third person mispresents · participle present mispresenting · participle past mispresented · past mispresented
- transitiveTo present badly or wrongly.
There is just as much danger in mispresenting a subject as there is in no attempt to present it.
1915, New York (State). Board of Charities, Annual Report (volume 1, part 1, page 1067)
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mispresent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispresent
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“mispresent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispresent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mispresent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispresent.
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