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misstate

[ mis-steyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, mis·stat·ed, mis·stat·ing.

to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
Synonyms: distort, alter, falsify, misreport

misstate

/ ˌmɪsˈsteɪt /

First recorded in 1640–50; mis- ¹ + state

I am confident that her sister Esther will not misstate them.

To misstate such business troubles is skating on the thin ice of libel, and newspapers are careful.

I don't want to misstate anything, and I don't want to exaggerate anything, but will tell you the plain facts.

She would not only misunderstand, but she would misstate with premeditation and malice.

You cannot think my wife or I would misstate what happened, can you?

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