单词 | misportray |
释义 | misportrayv. transitive. To portray incorrectly or inadequately; to misrepresent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] disguise1398 colourc1400 abuse?a1439 wrest1524 beliec1531 to spell (one) backward1600 misuse1609 bowa1616 falsify1630 misrepresent1633 traduce1643 garble1659 miscolour1661 misrender1674 travesty1825 misdescribe1827 skew1872 misportray1925 1925 A. L. Kroeber Handbk. Indians Calif. ii. 42 The organization of the Athabascans of the Oregon Coast..has been misportrayed, simple villages..being represented as patrilinear clans. 1975 J. K. Galbraith Money vii. 77 A reasonable man misportrayed by historians. 1994 Time 3 Oct. 647/2 It misportrays what Deaf is. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1925 |
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