misreported

verb

Definition of misreportednext
past tense of misreport
as in misled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misreported
  1. misled
  2. distorted
  3. deceived
  4. falsified
  5. obscured
  6. concealed
Verb
  • Meta is also facing a lawsuit from dozens of states, alleging the company misled users about the safety of its products.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As a result, readers of the second-generation post are misled, which is what happened here.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of misled
Verb
  • Some carmakers, especially for electric vehicles, are cutting AM from their offerings, claiming the signal is distorted by the power system.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Listen closer, and the harpsichord is actually a guitar riff, distorted like many of the other instruments on Only God Was Above Us.
    Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of distorted
Verb
  • Phishing efforts would fail because the passkey would not be transmitted if an attacker created a phony website or deceived a victim.
    Mark Vena, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The indictment alleges that Adani and his associates deceived investors by concealing the bribery scheme.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of deceived
Verb
  • Yet investigation into the research found that results had been falsified and that the study was the product of scientific fraud.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The largest settlement was for $900,000 over a South Central Correctional Facility inmate’s suicide where staff falsified records.
    Jonathan Mattise, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of falsified
Verb
  • The manhunt has thus far relied on just a few grainy images of a man whose face is largely obscured by a mask and hoodie.
    Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In both, his face is partially obscured by a blue mask.
    Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • The dark patterns somehow concealed these in-game purchases from gamers.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Surveillance images from the shooting show the man wearing a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face -- a look that would not have attracted attention on a chilly morning.
    MICHAEL BALSAMO AND MICHAEL R. SISAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of concealed
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