MISREPRESENT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for MISREPRESENT, such as:

1. Ecstasy is widely misrepresented as a soft drug.
2. Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other.
3. He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying.
4. The culture that encourages chastity is seriously misrepresented in the mainstream media.
5. He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product.

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 Meanings and Examples of MISREPRESENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
misrepresent
 v.  give false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
Classic Sentence:
1  He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  Not content with misrepresenting the race, the mob-spirit was not to be satisfied until the paper which was doing all it could to counteract this impression was silenced.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In V
Example Sentence:
1  In his job application, Milton might misrepresent his academic background; he was fired when his employers discovered the truth.
2  Ecstasy is widely misrepresented as a soft drug.
3  Think carefully about what you say: your views could be easily misrepresented by the press.
4  He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying.
5  The culture that encourages chastity is seriously misrepresented in the mainstream media.
6  Those sneaky lawyers misrepresented what occurred, made up all sorts of implausible alternative scenarios to confuse the jurors, and in general depended on chicanery to win the case.