Misstate

Quick meaning: Misstate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.

Meaning

(transitive) To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: misreport

Correction: August 21, 2017 An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Wuhan. It is in Hubei Province, not Hebei.

The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?

Word Forms

• misstates
• misstating
• misstated

Synonyms for misstate

Depending on context, synonyms include misreport.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fudge, misstep, misallege, mistell, missay, misdeclare.

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