misreport
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (verb) /ˌmɪsɹɪˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - IPA(key): (noun) /ˈmɪsɹɪˌpɔː(ɹ)t/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
From Middle English misreporten, equivalent to mis- + report.
Verb
misreport (third-person singular simple present misreports, present participle misreporting, simple past and past participle misreported)
- (transitive) To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.
- Hypernym: misrepresent
- Coordinate term: missummarize
- Near-synonym: misstate
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
- The wrong judgment that misleads us , and makes the will often fasten on the worse side , lies in misreporting upon the various comparisons of thes
- 2009, David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, Roy Morris, Seeking a Voice, page 156:
- Often, she would discover facts that had been overlooked or misreported by the mainstream press.
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English mysreport, equivalent to mis- + report.
Noun
misreport (plural misreports)
- A false report.
- Hypernym: misrepresentation
- Near-synonym: misstatement