misreport 1 of 2

noun

Definition of misreportnext
as in misrepresentation

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misreport

2 of 2

verb

as in to distort

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreport
  1. distort
  2. mislead
  3. misinformation
  4. deceive
  5. lie
  6. falsify
  7. conceal
  8. distortion
Verb
  • The Illusion Of Abundance In A Skewed Market This shift has profoundly distorted the venture deal landscape.
    — Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.
    — Lauren del Valle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of distort
Verb
  • The Borrower Defense to Repayment unit, which reviews applications for student loan forgiveness for borrowers who allege they were misled or defrauded by their school, has also been severely diminished.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • However, memory retention proved to be the key factor in helping participants resist misleading news.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of mislead
Noun
  • This helps ensure that customer trust isn’t eroded by the deleterious impact of misinformation disseminated by illegitimate word of mouth.
    — Branden Abushanab, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The internet can be an unforgiving place to share so openly, and on the other side of her largely positive reception, she's watched a lot of misinformation spread about her journey since going viral.
    — Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of misinformation
Verb
  • But appearances can be deceiving because there's a lot of bright side here.
    — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Trips down memory lane, especially when Star Wars video games are involved, can be deceiving.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of deceive
Noun
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly the main thrust of the Trend Micro research is looking at how AI is being used to make the lies that are used to get victims to click on links or divulge login credentials.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The event unlocks a series of secrets, lies and regrets, as the people left behind can’t move forward without looking at the past.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of lie
Verb
  • The charge of falsifying immigration applications carries up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The officers falsified incident reports and denied the family’s actual experience, according to the complaint.
    — Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of falsify
Verb
  • She’s convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by concealing undeclared foreign accounts, filing false tax returns and evading taxes over a decade, according to a plea agreement with the Justice Department.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Dark Empaths can grasp the subtleties of human behavior and use that insight to conceal their shortcomings behind a brash level of confidence.
    — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of conceal
Noun
  • An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.
    — Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Over the weekend, China’s consumer inflation dropped below zero for the first time in 13 months due to seasonal distortions and deflationary pressures.
    — Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of distortion
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