noun
- an inaccurate or incorrect quotation of someone’s words
Examples
- The newspaper printed a misquotation of the senator’s speech.
- His misquotation of Shakespeare made the audience cringe.
- The reporter apologized for the misquotation in yesterday’s article.
- Social media is full of misquotations attributed to famous people.
- The student’s essay contained several misquotations from the novel.
- A single misquotation can change the entire meaning of a statement.