misstated
past simple and past participle ofmisstate
misstate
verb[T]
mainlyUSformaluk/ˌmɪsˈsteɪt/us/ˌmɪsˈsteɪt/toexpressafactthat is notcorrect:
Yesterday'sobituaryof Randall M. Klose misstated thedateof hisdeath.
Making mistakes
- balls
- balls(something)up
- blunder
- bodge
- boob
- botch
- misdiagnose
- misdiagnosis
- misdirect
- misdirection
- misgauge
- misremember
- misrender
- misstate
- mistake
- mistranscribe
- nod
- to err is human (to forgive divine).idiom
- trip(someone)up
- unforced
Examplesofmisstated
misstated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I think they have in many respects over-stated their case—very much over-stated it—and in many particularsmisstatedthe position of affairs— very gravelymisstatedit.
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Every time he has stated a fact he hasmisstatedit wherever possible.
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It states that we grosslymisstatedcertain facts and distorted others.
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The way he quoted it seems to me to have been either extraordinarily cruel or possibly falselymisstated.
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I cannot help feeling that on both sides it has been somewhatmisstatedand misunderstood.
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We were rather shocked by the blatant exhibition of some eccentric enthusiasts for our welfare, who havemisstatedour case.
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The dis- charge of a soldier between the ages of 17 and 18 years, whomisstatedhis age on enlistment, is only granted where compassionate grounds exist.
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What wasmisstatedby me?
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I have notmisstatedthe proposition.
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Hemisstatedthe figures altogether.
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If the registration statement was to be found materiallymisstated, both the company and its auditors may be held liable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the editor of his father's autobiography, the narrator's son must correct any of his father'smisstatedfacts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By itself, such a small cover up might not concern some beyond the irritation ofmisstatedreturn volatility.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His argument that the judges hadmisstatedthe law led to angry exchanges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In some cases hemisstatedfacts and even fabricated documents.
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- strongly
- strongly held
- strongly-held
- strongman
- strong message
- strong-minded
- strong-minded
- strong motivation
- strong motive
- strong nerves
- strong-nerves
- strong objection
- strong opinion
- strong opponent
- strong parallel
- strong partnership
- strong performance
- strong personality
- strong point
- strong-point
- strong position
- strong possibility
- strong predictor
- strong preference
- strong presence