MISSPEAK Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

misspeak

verb

Definition of misspeak

as in to misstate

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Recent Examples of misspeak Somebody could misspeak, a camera could be seen. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026 The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease. — Devi Shastri and Amanda Seitz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025 Kennedy also seemed to misspeak in saying two people had died of measles. — Amanda Seitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 These leaders don’t merely lie or misspeak or make light of life and death. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024 The Kremlin’s propaganda often uses instances of Biden misspeaking as proof of his ineptitude as the man in charge of Ukraine’s top military backer. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 July 2024

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The report defined improper or fraudulent enrollment as individuals misstating their income to gain access to free plans.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
An earlier version of this article misstated which New York location the Kusama exhibition will appear at.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of misstate

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Fielder becomes obsessed with this detail, seeing it as a test case for Holmes’s claims that she has been misrepresented in the media and that her memory is reliable.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
The Houthis are sometimes misrepresented as a Yemeni faction vying to share power with others in the state.

— Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresent

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In a recent opinion piece for The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Joseph Kahn accused festival programmers of allowing horror’s commercial appeal to distort their artistic priorities.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
The order and accompanying legislation must be designed so that collecting and disseminating foreign trade secrets advances defense and intelligence priorities and does not unduly distort the free market.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of distort

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In earlier local elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and paper ballots were routinely falsified, according to Brazil's electoral authority.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
In earlier elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and individual votes were routinely falsified, according to Brazil’s electoral authority.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of falsify

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Instead, whole grains and foods are dissembled into molecules which, with the help of artificial colorings, flavorings and gluelike emulsifiers, are heated, pounded, shaped or extruded into any food a manufacturer can dream up.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
When McKenzie asks him how much he’s contributed to the coffers of politicians, his dodging of the question is pure dissembling theater.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026

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