单词 | misrepresented |
释义 | misrepresentedadj. That is or has been wrongly or inaccurately presented. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [adjective] > represented imperfectly garbleda1757 misrepresented1796 oversold1879 misdescribed1891 skewed1935 1796 J. Farington Diary 25 Apr. (1978) II. 531 Opie was the person who gave Boaden the misrepresented account. 1817 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) II. 140 I had previously read the misrepresented passage to Mr. Chalmers. 1988 T. L. S. Sprigge Rational Found. Ethics iii. 54 Stevenson's main work..is an under-rated and often misrepresented work, accounts of which in books on moral philosophy are often little more than parodies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1796 |
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