Misstate: meaning in English

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Usage examples:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Usage examples:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.

Usage examples:

The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

noun

A garbled account or transmission.

Usage examples:

Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble

verb

To make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand

Usage examples:

It's bad when phones garble conversations.

verb

Wrongly represent or interpret.

Usage examples:

Phrases that may be controversial are misrendered or omitted

verb

If something has been misrendered, it is written or appears in the wrong form

Usage examples:

Transliteration is occasionally inconsistent, and some names are misrendered., the emojis were misr…

verb

Give a false or inaccurate account of (something).

Usage examples:

The press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film

noun

A false or incorrect report.

Usage examples:

I am also curious as to whether those reports did in fact report movement of the ship, or whether i…

verb

To make known information that is not completely true or correct

Usage examples:

The magazine misreported its sales figures in order to boost advertising revenue.

verb

Give a false or misleading account of the nature of.

Usage examples:

You are misrepresenting what i said

verb

To represent something or someone falsely, often in order to obtain an advantage

Usage examples:

He misrepresented facts about his legal experience on his application.

verb

To give false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Usage examples:

She believes that the defendant's lawyers misrepresented the situation., be misrepresented (by sb/i…

verb

Translate (something) incorrectly.

Usage examples:

Passages from the bible were either mistranslated or taken out of context

verb

To translate words, documents, etc. (= change them into a different language) in a way that is not correct

Usage examples:

On several occasions, officials mistranslated documents., the interpreter had mistranslated., the n…

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

verb

Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).

Usage examples:

He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

noun

A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

verb

To change something from its correct use or original purpose

Usage examples:

These journalists are perverting the news., the will of the people is being perverted by their elec…

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape