verb
- citing or quoting incorrectly or inaccurately
Usage: present participle of miscite
Examples
- The student was misciting the research paper in her essay.
- He kept misciting the statistics from the original study.
- The journalist was accused of misciting the politician’s speech.
- By misciting the legal precedent, the lawyer weakened his argument.
- She realized she had been misciting the author’s main thesis.
- The professor warned against misciting sources in academic work.