missay
verb
mis·say
(ˈ)mi(s)+
: to speak evil of : slander
rebuked, reviled, missaid thee—Alfred Tennyson
: to say something wrong or incorrect
knew … what the press … would missay, misunderstand, understate, and exaggerate about him—H. S. Canby
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