misstatement

Noun

Meaning

An incorrect statement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fib bloomer faux pas erratum whopper error fiction invention lie mistake fault distortion deception fabrication misconception
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Antonyms

point fact oath accuracy precision biography
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Hypernyms

statement

Hyponyms

error mistake slip of the tongue malapropism malaprop

Examples

I made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements. Dan Quayle

I never use the word nationalism, certainly not as a model for Hindus to adopt. Nationalism is a misstatement of Hindu concerns. It leads to misconceptions. Koenraad Elst

I mean but that's certainly what it seemed like you saw Sarah Sanders issue misstatement just eleven hours before reiterating the administration's. Source: Internet

I wrote it without his knowledge and, when I sent him the typescript and asked for his permission to print it, I suggested that, unless it contained misstatement of fact, he should make no comment on it. Source: Internet

But to say that the reply brief was in a type size “too small to be read” is an out-and-out misstatement of fact. Source: Internet

Mr. Cosby anchored his comments around the misstatement that most (more than 50 percent) Black men are in jail. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

misstamp misstart misstate misstater misstay misstayed