verb
- to relate or tell incorrectly; to give an inaccurate account of
Usage: formal
Examples
- The witness misrelated the events of that evening.
- He tends to misrelate stories when he’s excited.
- The journalist was accused of misrelating the facts.
- Don’t misrelate what happened during the meeting.
- She misrelated the conversation to make herself look better.
- The historian was careful not to misrelate the ancient accounts.