MISREPORTING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

misreporting

verb

present participle of misreport

as in misleading

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The Detroit Free Press and other Michigan- and national-based media organizations have said the claims are misleading or lacking context.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Trump, always sensitive to perceptions about popularity, has since resorted to misleading people about how well those speeches performed.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of misleading

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The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
But the current state of geopolitics appears to be distorting what being open means.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorting

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He's been accused of falsifying police reports, framing suspects, and beating suspects into false confessions.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
Lui is accused of falsifying the export documentation and using Malaysia and Singapore as pass-through countries to send the GPUs to China.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of falsifying

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Looking at wins and losses is useful and necessary, but often deceiving as to which team is better.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
But 3-0 marks can be deceiving heading into a battle of unbeatens at home against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceiving

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He has been charged with murder, two counts of indecent behavior involving a minor, and concealing a corpse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
The cases target people the department accuses of concealing criminal activity, faking their identities or lying to the government to get their citizenship.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of concealing

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