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misstate
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Word definitions for misstate in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also mis-state , 1640s, from mis- (1) + state (v.). Related: Misstated ; misstating .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misstate \Mis*state"\, v. t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate. --Bp. Sanderson.
Usage examples of misstate.
Was it fair for the editor of a leading journal to misstate so obvious a fact?
In September and October 1941, he misstated the facts in two incidents involving German submarines and American destroyers.
From that institution he received the degree of bachelor of law in 1858--often misstated 1856--and was ready to begin the practice of his, profession.
But if a person does an experiment and misstates the results, that's likely to be exposed very quickly, since it will be replicated.