verb
- to report incorrectly or inaccurately
Usage: past tense and past participle of misreport
Examples
- The newspaper misreported the election results.
- She claimed her comments were misreported by the media.
- The witness misreported what he saw at the scene.
- The study’s findings were misreported in several articles.
- He accused the journalist of having misreported the facts.
- The company’s earnings were misreported in the quarterly statement.