verb
- past tense and past participle of misquote; to quote incorrectly or inaccurately
Examples
- The journalist misquoted the senator in yesterday’s article.
- She felt misquoted by the interviewer who changed her words.
- The student misquoted Shakespeare in his essay.
- He claimed he was misquoted in the newspaper report.
- The politician accused the media of having misquoted him.
- The witness was misquoted in the court transcript.