misrelates

/ˌmɪsrɪˈleɪts/
verb
  1. To tell or report something incorrectly or inaccurately.
    • She misrelates the story every time she tells it, adding new errors each time.
    • If the historian misrelates the events, future generations will have a distorted view of the past.
    • The witness often misrelates the details of the accident when speaking to reporters.
  2. To incorrectly connect or associate one thing with another.
    • The software misrelates the customer's order to the wrong account.
    • The student misrelates the cause of the war to a minor incident.
    • In his essay, he misrelates the author's ideas to unrelated theories.
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