0 the act of misquoting someone (= repeating what they say in a way that is not accurate), or an example of this: --
That was a misquotation of the name of the doctor who had sent the patient in the taxi, but that is not the important point.
However, it has told me that the selective misquotation of some figure is highly misleading.
A very cynical misquotation is current in my constituency in regard to these admonitions to landlords.
I am not suggesting that any misstatements or misquotations were made.
No amount of quotation or misquotation can change that.
No, there is no misquotation, but there is to be set off against that sum the interest which the fund received before.
They are hysterical, inaccurate and capitalist, but when it suits him to make some fantastic misquotation, he uses them.
That is out of the question, and, whatever misquotations or misrepresentations we may hear tonight, it is simply not true.
