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misrepresent
mis·rep·re·sent [ miss rèppri zént ] (past and past participle mis·rep·re·sent·ed, present participle mis·rep·re·sent·ing, 3rd person present singular mis·rep·re·sents)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. give false account of: to give an inaccurate or deliberately false account of the nature of somebody or something
2. not represent truly: not to be truly or typically representative of somebody or something

mis·rep·re·sen·ta·tion [ miss rèppri zen táysh'n ] noun
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