to misquote
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- /ˌmɪsˈkwoʊt/
:
citar incorrectamente
- You might not want to misquote people with such extreme terms.
This, this woke thing is that and I get misquoted quite a lot.
- This, this woke thing is that and I get misquoted quite a lot.
- I don't want to misquote you, but yeah, I've had many worship goals over the years.
- There's a new book about her and I think it got misquoted and Susan Page wrote it's coming out around the same time as your book.
- I I may be getting this wrong, so I'm sorry if this is misquoting.
Examples
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I would never intentionally misquote you.
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I was afraid I might misquote you during the interview.
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- How dare you misquote the Bible?
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Not only did you misquote all of these statements, you took all of them out of context.
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Now, again, you might misquote me as promoting violence.
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Ajay, I did misquote you: you're talking about future growth, not present state.
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As easily demonstrated, creationists don't look at the data; they either deny it or misquote it.
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It's much easier to misquote history, name-call, demean, and dismiss those with whom you disagree.
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It's important to accurately represent opinions; otherwise, you may misquote others.
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If you misquote someone, it can lead to misunderstandings about their views.
Synonyms
To give wrong details about a source
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Morphology
Etymology
Misquote comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the word quote meaning 'to repeat someone's words'. So to misquote someone is to repeat their words in the wrong way or say them incorrectly.