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misstate

verb

Etymology

From mis- + state.

  1. derived from stātus
  2. derived from estat
  3. inherited from stat
  4. prefixed as misstate — “mis + state”

Definitions

  1. To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently

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

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA