misreporting
- noun
- /ˌmɪs.rɪˈpɔːr.tɪŋ/
- After reviewing the data, the committee found instances of misreporting that needed to be corrected.
- age misreporting
Examples
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Allan Terrett, in his book, Current Concepts in Vertebrobasilar Complications Following Spinal Manipulation, did an in-depth analysis of the misreporting of complications.
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And this is an example of where I think there's been some misreporting.
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Adjustments for misreporting in the CPS were made according to the procedures outlined above.
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The early misreporting of the 1968 Tet offensive has been well documented, and after Tet, the media undoubtedly became more critical of the war.
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Students in Hong Kong usually have good knowledge of their academic performance relative to others, and any random misreporting would have biased our results toward null.
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But from Washington comes a stream of misreporting, errant briefings, and misinformed speculation that leaves you gasping.
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The story deserved to be recounted at some length, I think, because Duranty and Denny appear to provide the first example of deliberate and systematic misreporting of a Communist country.
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We've seen examples of this with ABC News's misreporting in the Aurora shooting and Tony Scott's death, as well as CNN and Fox News announcing the wrong Obamacare verdict in June.
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The investigation revealed significant misreporting in the financial statements submitted by the company.
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The journalist was criticized for misreporting the facts of the case in his article.
Synonyms
Information that is wrong and shared by mistake
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
Information people spread on purpose to deceive others
A statement that gives false information about something
To make a document or record false on purpose by changing its information
False or misleading news stories that try to trick people
To make false information, for example in documents or results, to trick people
An incorrect or misleading statement about something
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Etymology
Misreporting breaks into the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' (as in mistake or misunderstand) and report meaning 'to tell' or 'to give information'. So misreporting is giving information in a wrong or false way, for example a report that gives the wrong facts.