Misstate
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue. transitive
"Near-synonym: misreport"
- 2 state something incorrectly wordnet
Example
More examples"Lots of people who have heard of Betty Friedan misstate her place in history. She was not a man-hater, not a bra-burner, not a sexual confrontationist, touting the birth-control pill. A suburbanite, wife and mother, she would be forced out of the National Organization for Women, which she co-founded, for being too conservative."
Etymology
From mis- + state.
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