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What is the noun for misquoting?

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quote
  1. A quotation, statement attributed to someone else.
  2. A quotation mark.
  3. A summary of work to be done with a set price.
  4. A price set for a financial security or commodity.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I would like to first read a quote from one of my favorite novels.”
      “I am expecting the insurance agent to get back to me with a quote.”
quotation
  1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
  2. The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “It is simply not possible to lift a convenient quotation from the text and expect it to illuminate a modern debate.”
      “An approved contractor will now provide a quotation and method statement for the reinstatement of the works.”
      “At length, the soloist and the orchestra meet on the same spiritual plane, a process aided by the quotation of the plainsong Adoro te devote.”
quotability
  1. The degree to which a person, literature, or a speech is useful or relevant for being quoted.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's not the greatest film, but I have a lot of fondness for it and its quotability can't be denied.”
      “This is perhaps due to the quotability and sententiousness of his couplets.”
      “His seemingly eternal quotability would make him quite an asset.”
quotationist
  1. One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
quotemaster
  1. (rare, informal) An expert in quotations.
quotableness
  1. The quality or degree of being quotable.
quotee
  1. Somebody whose words are being quoted.
misquotation
  1. An incorrect quotation.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It's not just a misquotation, or an incorrect fact or figure, it's an admission that, basically, the entire story was made up out of whole cloth.”
      “I am not sure that any member's privileges were breached by misquotation of the member's comments.”
      “Maybe that is a misquotation, but, if it is, in any event it needs to be corrected so that the process can carry on in the right direction.”
quotebook
  1. A book of quotations.
quoting
misquoter
  1. One who misquotes.
quoter
  1. Someone who quotes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “With our quick quoter, you can choose the options that will best suit your travel insurance needs.”
      “A quoter is either ostentatious of his acquirements, or doubtful of his cause.”
      “There were 2,972 employees who accessed the short-term quoter for a total of 8,084 pension quotes.”
quotes
misquotations
  1. plural of misquotation
  2. Examples:
    1. “He is perhaps not responsible for the spelling errors and misquotations, but they are numerous.”
      “Eventually they found the misquotations far too depressing and so the new release includes full lyrics.”
      “But the occlusion of death need not concern the quotations lifted from life, the accurate misquotations from nature.”
quotationists
  1. plural of quotationist
quotemasters
  1. plural of quotemaster
quotabilities
  1. plural of quotability
misquoters
  1. plural of misquoter
quotations
  1. plural of quotation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The author uses extensive quotations from memoirs and minutes so that the reader can see the decision-making process in the raw.”
      “Walls covered with quotations and images of inspiration and persecution remind visitors why they have come.”
      “A pool of silver-haired jobbers would, he said, help to dampen the rise in the value of quotations because of demand outstripping supply.”
quotebooks
  1. plural of quotebook
quotings
quotees
  1. plural of quotee
quoters
  1. plural of quoter
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