0 past simple and past participle of misquote
1 to repeat something someone has said in a way that is not accurate:
Her promise was deliberately misquoted by her opponents, who then used it against her.
I never said that at all - the press misquoted me.
Some references are either misquoted or incomplete, and there is no general index.
Besides, those quoted are in fact misquoted or quoted out of context.
This often misquoted statement does not advocate that "anything goes" in commerce.
It is a shame that, so often, science has been misused and misquoted to stir up public fears and tenors.
In various stages of his speech he has misquoted.
If he has been misquoted, will he put the minds of those health workers at rest?
I do not wish to be misunderstood or misquoted.
That, too, was perfectly fair, except that he misquoted me—although that is not unusual.