Definition of misquote in English:

misquote

verb mɪsˈkwəʊtmɪsˈkwoʊt

[with object]

Quote (a person or a piece of written or spoken text) inaccurately.
the government insisted that the official had been misquoted
Example sentencesExamples
- Although, as is the case with so many of the foreign contingent plying their trade in this country, perhaps he was simply misquoted.
- Spalding has always maintained he was misquoted.
- The minister tells a news conference her comments to a small group of union members were misquoted by a local newspaper.
- Are we to believe the government-run media misquoted the athlete?
- Judging from the principal's form response to correspondents it sounds like he was also misquoted by the Rutland Herald and has even used blogging in the classroom himself.
- I am as yet undecided which of the two errors, misquoting me or mistaking me for a woman (your reporter spoke to me on the phone for more than five minutes) pains me the most.
- The Minister said, he was misquoted by the Indian media and therefore he clarified India's position the next day.
- Are you suggesting that I misunderstood you, misquoted you - or that you want to change what you wrote?
- Now the BBC has to either admit that it misquoted a mourned scientist or call him a liar.
- I believe however that I was misquoted regarding my attitudes towards the school system.
- I still doubt the authenticity of this statement, maybe he was misquoted, as in the case of Iran.
- He wrote back, politely pointing out that I had misquoted him and inviting me to lunch.
- It would be helpful to know if he was also misquoted in other instances, such as when he is quoted saying that
- It concerns me greatly that not only was the event misconstrued, but I was personally misquoted.
- An earlier version of this piece misquoted the letter from The Seattle Times.
- Well, if it's the incident I think you're referring to, I am that reporter and I can assure you he was not misquoted.
- I am happy to seek leave to table the letter I wrote to the newspaper, which had grossly misquoted me.
- And he has always tried to explain away criticism by claiming that the media misquoted him.
- I mean, would you as an editor of a large newspaper necessarily know if one of your reporters was misquoting someone or stealing elements from other stories?
Synonyms
misreport, misrepresent, misstate, quote incorrectly, take/quote out of context, distort, twist, slant, bias, put a spin on, pervert, falsify, garble, muddle, mistranslate
rare misrender

noun mɪsˈkwəʊtmɪsˈkwoʊt

A passage or remark quoted inaccurately.
a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns
Example sentencesExamples
- Ask reporters and editors this question and you'll get a catalogue of misspelled names, misquotes, and factual errors.
- The 10% statement may have been started with a misquote of Albert Einstein or the misinterpretation of the work of Pierre Flourens in the 1800s.
- Members have until 10 a.m. the following morning to correct misquotes or other errors in the first drafts.
- I need to correct a misquote in your report on the proposal for a six-term year for schools.
- But this was just a misquote and inaccurate reporting, if you will.
- This is the only way one can reasonably explain the numerous grammatical and spelling errors, logical non sequiturs, inaccuracies, misquotes, opaque prose, and prolific use of jargon that clutter almost every page.
- Please excuse any misquotes and the hasty sketch.
- It is not a verbatim reproduction of the dialogues, so please do allow for the misquotes if there are any.
- Thankfully, someone else corrected his misquote, pointing out that a group editing system might have helped out in such a situation.
- ‘There were seven misquotes, 32 errors of fact,’ he says, overlooking his own book's refreshingly loose association with accepted English grammar and punctuation.
- Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context.
- I'm not going to get into an argument over whether the message is good or not, but if you read a book with plotholes, misquotes and mistakes, would you then call that book good and the author a good writer?
- This misquote was included to raise the issue of interpretation within an infallible system - there is a very big difference between infallibility of scripture and infallibility of interpretation.
- The misquote was picked up by The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, and dozens of other newspapers, but it was also flagged by several pro-Dean sites and the popular blog Daily Kos.
- This isn't a misquote (grammar mistake and all).
- A newspaper misquoted Wolfowitz and Dean is accurately quoting a misquote.
- There are unscrupulous journalists just as there are unscrupulous people in all trades, so no doubt some deliberate, mischievous misquotes occur.
- That dispute started from some misunderstanding and accusations of misquotes.
- I think it's been a bit of a misquote because I've never thought of my upbringing as being oppressive in any way.
- That way when you say that you didn't have any misquotes, a reader may simply follow the link to the previous exchange, find the citation and look it up for themselves.

Derivatives

misquotation

noun mɪskwəʊˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌmɪskwoʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n

He is perhaps not responsible for the spelling errors and misquotations, but they are numerous.
Example sentencesExamples
- No, this is not an ironic misquotation of the well-known words from the prophet Isaiah about beating swords into plowshares, which are inscribed on the wall of the UN.
- I considered writing a letter to the editor at the time, but thought that being misquoted in a student newspaper probably didn't merit correction, especially since the misquotations were not that serious.
- Too often worn down by sloganeering or lost in misquotation, the truths of this statement are delicate, and seldom receive the careful consideration they demand.
- Eventually they found the misquotations far too depressing and so the new release includes full lyrics.

Rhymes

afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote

Definition of misquote in US English:

misquote

verbmisˈkwōtmɪsˈkwoʊt

[with object]

Quote (a person or a piece of written or spoken text) inaccurately.
the foreign secretary had misquoted Qian
Example sentencesExamples
- An earlier version of this piece misquoted the letter from The Seattle Times.
- I believe however that I was misquoted regarding my attitudes towards the school system.
- Spalding has always maintained he was misquoted.
- I am as yet undecided which of the two errors, misquoting me or mistaking me for a woman (your reporter spoke to me on the phone for more than five minutes) pains me the most.
- And he has always tried to explain away criticism by claiming that the media misquoted him.
- It would be helpful to know if he was also misquoted in other instances, such as when he is quoted saying that
- I mean, would you as an editor of a large newspaper necessarily know if one of your reporters was misquoting someone or stealing elements from other stories?
- Are you suggesting that I misunderstood you, misquoted you - or that you want to change what you wrote?
- Are we to believe the government-run media misquoted the athlete?
- The Minister said, he was misquoted by the Indian media and therefore he clarified India's position the next day.
- The minister tells a news conference her comments to a small group of union members were misquoted by a local newspaper.
- It concerns me greatly that not only was the event misconstrued, but I was personally misquoted.
- Well, if it's the incident I think you're referring to, I am that reporter and I can assure you he was not misquoted.
- Although, as is the case with so many of the foreign contingent plying their trade in this country, perhaps he was simply misquoted.
- Now the BBC has to either admit that it misquoted a mourned scientist or call him a liar.
- Judging from the principal's form response to correspondents it sounds like he was also misquoted by the Rutland Herald and has even used blogging in the classroom himself.
- He wrote back, politely pointing out that I had misquoted him and inviting me to lunch.
- I am happy to seek leave to table the letter I wrote to the newspaper, which had grossly misquoted me.
- I still doubt the authenticity of this statement, maybe he was misquoted, as in the case of Iran.
Synonyms
misreport, misrepresent, misstate, quote incorrectly, quote out of context, take out of context, distort, twist, slant, bias, put a spin on, pervert, falsify, garble, muddle, mistranslate

nounmisˈkwōtmɪsˈkwoʊt

A passage or remark quoted inaccurately.
a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns
Example sentencesExamples
- That way when you say that you didn't have any misquotes, a reader may simply follow the link to the previous exchange, find the citation and look it up for themselves.
- I think it's been a bit of a misquote because I've never thought of my upbringing as being oppressive in any way.
- It is not a verbatim reproduction of the dialogues, so please do allow for the misquotes if there are any.
- Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context.
- That dispute started from some misunderstanding and accusations of misquotes.
- Please excuse any misquotes and the hasty sketch.
- This misquote was included to raise the issue of interpretation within an infallible system - there is a very big difference between infallibility of scripture and infallibility of interpretation.
- Members have until 10 a.m. the following morning to correct misquotes or other errors in the first drafts.
- The 10% statement may have been started with a misquote of Albert Einstein or the misinterpretation of the work of Pierre Flourens in the 1800s.
- There are unscrupulous journalists just as there are unscrupulous people in all trades, so no doubt some deliberate, mischievous misquotes occur.
- ‘There were seven misquotes, 32 errors of fact,’ he says, overlooking his own book's refreshingly loose association with accepted English grammar and punctuation.
- I need to correct a misquote in your report on the proposal for a six-term year for schools.
- The misquote was picked up by The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, and dozens of other newspapers, but it was also flagged by several pro-Dean sites and the popular blog Daily Kos.
- Thankfully, someone else corrected his misquote, pointing out that a group editing system might have helped out in such a situation.
- Ask reporters and editors this question and you'll get a catalogue of misspelled names, misquotes, and factual errors.
- This isn't a misquote (grammar mistake and all).
- This is the only way one can reasonably explain the numerous grammatical and spelling errors, logical non sequiturs, inaccuracies, misquotes, opaque prose, and prolific use of jargon that clutter almost every page.
- A newspaper misquoted Wolfowitz and Dean is accurately quoting a misquote.
- I'm not going to get into an argument over whether the message is good or not, but if you read a book with plotholes, misquotes and mistakes, would you then call that book good and the author a good writer?
- But this was just a misquote and inaccurate reporting, if you will.

单词	misquote
释义	Definition of misquote in English: misquote verb mɪsˈkwəʊtmɪsˈkwoʊt [with object] Quote (a person or a piece of written or spoken text) inaccurately. the government insisted that the official had been misquoted Example sentencesExamples Although, as is the case with so many of the foreign contingent plying their trade in this country, perhaps he was simply misquoted. Spalding has always maintained he was misquoted. The minister tells a news conference her comments to a small group of union members were misquoted by a local newspaper. Are we to believe the government-run media misquoted the athlete? Judging from the principal's form response to correspondents it sounds like he was also misquoted by the Rutland Herald and has even used blogging in the classroom himself. I am as yet undecided which of the two errors, misquoting me or mistaking me for a woman (your reporter spoke to me on the phone for more than five minutes) pains me the most. The Minister said, he was misquoted by the Indian media and therefore he clarified India's position the next day. Are you suggesting that I misunderstood you, misquoted you - or that you want to change what you wrote? Now the BBC has to either admit that it misquoted a mourned scientist or call him a liar. I believe however that I was misquoted regarding my attitudes towards the school system. I still doubt the authenticity of this statement, maybe he was misquoted, as in the case of Iran. He wrote back, politely pointing out that I had misquoted him and inviting me to lunch. It would be helpful to know if he was also misquoted in other instances, such as when he is quoted saying that It concerns me greatly that not only was the event misconstrued, but I was personally misquoted. An earlier version of this piece misquoted the letter from The Seattle Times. Well, if it's the incident I think you're referring to, I am that reporter and I can assure you he was not misquoted. I am happy to seek leave to table the letter I wrote to the newspaper, which had grossly misquoted me. And he has always tried to explain away criticism by claiming that the media misquoted him. I mean, would you as an editor of a large newspaper necessarily know if one of your reporters was misquoting someone or stealing elements from other stories? Synonyms misreport, misrepresent, misstate, quote incorrectly, take/quote out of context, distort, twist, slant, bias, put a spin on, pervert, falsify, garble, muddle, mistranslate rare misrender noun mɪsˈkwəʊtmɪsˈkwoʊt A passage or remark quoted inaccurately. a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns Example sentencesExamples Ask reporters and editors this question and you'll get a catalogue of misspelled names, misquotes, and factual errors. The 10% statement may have been started with a misquote of Albert Einstein or the misinterpretation of the work of Pierre Flourens in the 1800s. Members have until 10 a.m. the following morning to correct misquotes or other errors in the first drafts. I need to correct a misquote in your report on the proposal for a six-term year for schools. But this was just a misquote and inaccurate reporting, if you will. This is the only way one can reasonably explain the numerous grammatical and spelling errors, logical non sequiturs, inaccuracies, misquotes, opaque prose, and prolific use of jargon that clutter almost every page. Please excuse any misquotes and the hasty sketch. It is not a verbatim reproduction of the dialogues, so please do allow for the misquotes if there are any. Thankfully, someone else corrected his misquote, pointing out that a group editing system might have helped out in such a situation. ‘There were seven misquotes, 32 errors of fact,’ he says, overlooking his own book's refreshingly loose association with accepted English grammar and punctuation. Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context. I'm not going to get into an argument over whether the message is good or not, but if you read a book with plotholes, misquotes and mistakes, would you then call that book good and the author a good writer? This misquote was included to raise the issue of interpretation within an infallible system - there is a very big difference between infallibility of scripture and infallibility of interpretation. The misquote was picked up by The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, and dozens of other newspapers, but it was also flagged by several pro-Dean sites and the popular blog Daily Kos. This isn't a misquote (grammar mistake and all). A newspaper misquoted Wolfowitz and Dean is accurately quoting a misquote. There are unscrupulous journalists just as there are unscrupulous people in all trades, so no doubt some deliberate, mischievous misquotes occur. That dispute started from some misunderstanding and accusations of misquotes. I think it's been a bit of a misquote because I've never thought of my upbringing as being oppressive in any way. That way when you say that you didn't have any misquotes, a reader may simply follow the link to the previous exchange, find the citation and look it up for themselves. Derivatives misquotation noun mɪskwəʊˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌmɪskwoʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n He is perhaps not responsible for the spelling errors and misquotations, but they are numerous. Example sentencesExamples No, this is not an ironic misquotation of the well-known words from the prophet Isaiah about beating swords into plowshares, which are inscribed on the wall of the UN. I considered writing a letter to the editor at the time, but thought that being misquoted in a student newspaper probably didn't merit correction, especially since the misquotations were not that serious. Too often worn down by sloganeering or lost in misquotation, the truths of this statement are delicate, and seldom receive the careful consideration they demand. Eventually they found the misquotations far too depressing and so the new release includes full lyrics. Rhymes afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of misquote in US English: misquote verbmisˈkwōtmɪsˈkwoʊt [with object] Quote (a person or a piece of written or spoken text) inaccurately. the foreign secretary had misquoted Qian Example sentencesExamples An earlier version of this piece misquoted the letter from The Seattle Times. I believe however that I was misquoted regarding my attitudes towards the school system. Spalding has always maintained he was misquoted. I am as yet undecided which of the two errors, misquoting me or mistaking me for a woman (your reporter spoke to me on the phone for more than five minutes) pains me the most. And he has always tried to explain away criticism by claiming that the media misquoted him. It would be helpful to know if he was also misquoted in other instances, such as when he is quoted saying that I mean, would you as an editor of a large newspaper necessarily know if one of your reporters was misquoting someone or stealing elements from other stories? Are you suggesting that I misunderstood you, misquoted you - or that you want to change what you wrote? Are we to believe the government-run media misquoted the athlete? The Minister said, he was misquoted by the Indian media and therefore he clarified India's position the next day. The minister tells a news conference her comments to a small group of union members were misquoted by a local newspaper. It concerns me greatly that not only was the event misconstrued, but I was personally misquoted. Well, if it's the incident I think you're referring to, I am that reporter and I can assure you he was not misquoted. Although, as is the case with so many of the foreign contingent plying their trade in this country, perhaps he was simply misquoted. Now the BBC has to either admit that it misquoted a mourned scientist or call him a liar. Judging from the principal's form response to correspondents it sounds like he was also misquoted by the Rutland Herald and has even used blogging in the classroom himself. He wrote back, politely pointing out that I had misquoted him and inviting me to lunch. I am happy to seek leave to table the letter I wrote to the newspaper, which had grossly misquoted me. I still doubt the authenticity of this statement, maybe he was misquoted, as in the case of Iran. Synonyms misreport, misrepresent, misstate, quote incorrectly, quote out of context, take out of context, distort, twist, slant, bias, put a spin on, pervert, falsify, garble, muddle, mistranslate nounmisˈkwōtmɪsˈkwoʊt A passage or remark quoted inaccurately. a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns Example sentencesExamples That way when you say that you didn't have any misquotes, a reader may simply follow the link to the previous exchange, find the citation and look it up for themselves. I think it's been a bit of a misquote because I've never thought of my upbringing as being oppressive in any way. It is not a verbatim reproduction of the dialogues, so please do allow for the misquotes if there are any. Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context. That dispute started from some misunderstanding and accusations of misquotes. Please excuse any misquotes and the hasty sketch. This misquote was included to raise the issue of interpretation within an infallible system - there is a very big difference between infallibility of scripture and infallibility of interpretation. Members have until 10 a.m. the following morning to correct misquotes or other errors in the first drafts. The 10% statement may have been started with a misquote of Albert Einstein or the misinterpretation of the work of Pierre Flourens in the 1800s. There are unscrupulous journalists just as there are unscrupulous people in all trades, so no doubt some deliberate, mischievous misquotes occur. ‘There were seven misquotes, 32 errors of fact,’ he says, overlooking his own book's refreshingly loose association with accepted English grammar and punctuation. I need to correct a misquote in your report on the proposal for a six-term year for schools. The misquote was picked up by The Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, and dozens of other newspapers, but it was also flagged by several pro-Dean sites and the popular blog Daily Kos. Thankfully, someone else corrected his misquote, pointing out that a group editing system might have helped out in such a situation. Ask reporters and editors this question and you'll get a catalogue of misspelled names, misquotes, and factual errors. This isn't a misquote (grammar mistake and all). This is the only way one can reasonably explain the numerous grammatical and spelling errors, logical non sequiturs, inaccuracies, misquotes, opaque prose, and prolific use of jargon that clutter almost every page. A newspaper misquoted Wolfowitz and Dean is accurately quoting a misquote. I'm not going to get into an argument over whether the message is good or not, but if you read a book with plotholes, misquotes and mistakes, would you then call that book good and the author a good writer? But this was just a misquote and inaccurate reporting, if you will.
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