1788 P. Stockdale Ximenes ii. v. 38 Haughtier prelates, The gross misrepresentatives of him, Whose humble soul could hardly frown on vice.

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 175 [It is] impossible for this Old Misrepresentative or Rump to continue.

1852 Democratic Rev. 30 202/1 The misrepresentative of one of the most go-a-head districts of Kentucky, Mr. John C. Breckinridge.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Apr. 9/1 Until the chairman appealed for order his..opponents would not hear one of their misrepresentatives.

1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 17 May ii. 4/1 People feel remote from their representatives, who are frequently labeled misrepresentatives.

1735 J. Swift Let. to Sheridan in Misc. (1745) X. 147 The..slavish Practices of those mis-representative Brutes.

1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. July 9/2 The meanest, lowest, most treacherous, despicable and lowly ‘nation’ or ‘government’, or physical existence misrepresentative of a national entity under the sun.

1892 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. The question before the country would be whether the representative or the misrepresentative branch of the Legislature should prevail.

1902 B. Kidd Princ. Western Civilization 99 Interpretations..utterly misrepresentative of the real meaning of the phenomenon.

1938 Foreign Service Feb. 49/2 The misleading and misrepresentative propaganda being disseminated..should be promptly met and counteracted.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 1045/1 Even findings which almost certainly derive..from the misrepresentative nature of the sample..are not without interest.

2001 Western Daily Press (Electronic ed.) 28 Feb. We are disappointed with the results of the Which? report and feel it is misrepresentative.