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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mis-steyt
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈsteɪt



Definition of misstatement

Origin :
  • 1790, from misstate + -ment.
  • noun misrepresentation
Example sentences :
  • But real patriotism is one thing and misstatement is another.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • Failures due to misstatement of fact are of endless variety.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • Had he made any misstatement, he would have been immediately contradicted.
  • Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell
  • How the misstatement came to be made, I do not know and will not speculate.
  • Extract from : « Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method » by R. Travers Herford
  • Was this playful punning or a half-serious attempt to correct a misstatement?
  • Extract from : « Children's Ways » by James Sully
  • I cannot perceive that it would be any advantage to them to make a misstatement.
  • Extract from : « In the Russian Ranks » by John Morse
  • Dan'l smiled in a way that admitted his misstatement; he shook his head.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Bride » by Ben Ames Williams
  • The misstatement of an agent of the insured will have the same effect.
  • Extract from : « Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman » by Albert Sidney Bolles
  • I made a misstatement when I said that I had gone into all the rooms of the house this afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Lost Man's Lane » by Anna Katharine Green
  • Yet I have caught him in no misstatement, and his eye is steadier than my own.
  • Extract from : « Initials Only » by Anna Katharine Green

Synonyms for misstatement

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