mistranslate

verb

Definition of mistranslatenext
as in to misinterpret

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistranslate
  1. misinterpret
  2. misrepresent
  3. misstate
  4. distort
  5. misspeak
  6. falsify
  7. garble
  8. cook
Verb
  • Grok, xAI's flagship model, has also repeatedly misinterpreted news stories and made up falsehoods in the past.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Kirby Smart complained about the call afterward but seemed to misinterpret what being set over the ball meant.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of misinterpret
Verb
  • Customers value authenticity, and misrepresenting your product can backfire.
    Mina Elias, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But ultimately, the Lakota were left voiceless and misrepresented.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of misrepresent
Verb
  • Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misstated the name of the hospital where Lindsay Clancy is being treated.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • An earlier version of this article misstated Emily Busch’s position.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2023
Definition of misstate
Verb
  • Those contracts are known as production assistance agreements, and the claim references – but also distorts – both the regulations that govern them and two news stories about celebrities whose agreements were approved.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The Klan distorted the use of undercover operatives and informants, much as some Trump supporters have over Jan. 6.
    Brittany Friedman / Made by History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of distort
Verb
  • These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of misspeak
Verb
  • Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • What To Know After a weeks-long trial last year, a New York jury in May found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before his first presidential election in 2016.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of falsify
Verb
  • Those calls were sparked by the president’s poor debate performance against Trump on June 27, where Biden often garbled his words and lost his train of thought.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of garble
Verb
  • Season and cook chicken: When ready to use, season chicken: Drizzle chicken with 1 tablespoon olive oil, and sprinkle with one to two tablespoons seasoning blend and a pinch of lemon zest (optional) for every pound of chicken.
    Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Think 180 opulent villas, world-class spa treatments, and immersive culinary experiences like cooking in the Sensory Herb Gardens.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of cook
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