Definition of misstate
transitive verb
: to state incorrectly : give a false account of
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Examples of misstate in a Sentence
The company misstated its profits.
An article in yesterday's paper misstated the name of the district attorney.
Recent Examples of misstate from the Web
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CORRECTION (June 2, 8:50 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misstated the name of Ariel Vences-Lopez' immigration lawyer.
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The newsletter dated May 30, 2017, misstated the year of the first moon landing:
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A calendar item in Sunday's A&E misstated his gender.
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The update also corrects an earlier version that misstated the name of her law school.
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This story originally misstated the day the eclipse was seen.
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SPORTS The On Horse Racing column on Monday, about the trainer Chad Brown, whose horse Cloud Computing won the Preakness Stakes, misstated the name of his hometown.
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Because of mistaken earlier reports, a previous version of this post misstated the age of the bomber.
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The original version of this article misstated the year Legoland Windsor opened.
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First Known Use of misstate
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Definition of misstate for English Language Learners
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: to state or report (something) incorrectly
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