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misquotes

VERB

lie, distort

Synonyms

WEAK

adulterate angle beard belie build up cloak color con confuse cover up disguise distort dress embellish embroider equivocate exaggerate falsify garble give snow job mangle mask miscolor misinterpret misreport misstate overdraw overstate palter pervert phony up pirate prevaricate promote puff skew slant snow spread it on stretch take out of context throw a curve trump up twist warp

Antonyms

WEAK

be forthright be honest explain

Example Sentences

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ChatGPT, Ms. Shackney said, sometimes incorrectly explains ideas and misquotes sources.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023

On March 16, 2021, the paper corrected a couple of misquotes that it had printed.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.

From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2019

Then, trying to recover her spirits: "'What one suffers for one's country—men!'" she misquotes, with an affectation of lightness.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)