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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of misremember.

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Examples

  • Yet to the extent that Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) is remembered at all today, he is usually misremembered, which is a travesty.

    The Wizard of Tuskegee 2009

  • Clemens said he couldn't explain Andy Pettitte's statement, other than to say Pettitte had "misremembered" their conversation.

    Under oath, McNamee and Clemens draw battle lines 2008

  • I had totally forgotten, and sort of "misremembered" someone else saying it.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • That's a shame, because had Pettitte been there, painfully telling the cameras that Clemens admitted to him that he took HGH, it's doubtful that Clemens could have dismissed such significant testimony with his already-legendary "misremembered" and "misheard" comments.

    Before Congress, Clemens knocks self out of box 2008

  • | Reply | Permalink she "misremembered" this FOUR TIMES over FOUR MONTHS!!

    Hillary On Bosnia Screw-Up: "It Proves I'm Human, Which For Some Is A Revelation" 2009

  • It may struggle for a "misremembered" name on occasion, but it knows far better than its juniors who it is, where it comes from, and for what it stands.

    The No-Name Generation Benjamin Manaster 2008

  • I can't wait to tell Seabass as he grows older about Snipergate, my personal favorite mini-drama of the election year, when Hillary Clinton "misremembered" being shot at by snipers and having to run "zig-zag" after getting off a plane in Bosnia.

    The Next Next President Andres Martinez 2008

  • I can't wait to tell Seabass as he grows older about Snipergate, my personal favorite mini-drama of the election year, when Hillary Clinton "misremembered" being shot at by snipers and having to run "zig-zag" after getting off a plane in Bosnia.

    The Next Next President Andres Martinez 2008

  • It's always worth another look at Bush's stultifyingly inept reply where, ignorant of his own devastating college aid cuts, he fumfered, muttered, went completely silent staring at the floor, and in the end "misremembered" the truth - he had just days before passed the biggest cut ever in student loans, cutting students off and increasing loan rates. click here

    OpEdNews - Diary: Hi George. What Would YOU Say to George Dubya Bush if You Were Fact to Face With Him? 2007

  • Brundage said by phone Friday that he didn't realize he had "misremembered" the facts of 12 years ago until he was given a copy of the letter.

    KSL / U.S. / National 2010

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