misspeaks

verb

present tense third-person singular of misspeak
as in mistranslates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misspeaks
  1. misstates
  2. misinterprets
  3. misrepresents
  4. dissembles
  5. distorts
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  • The main problem, lawyers previously told CBS News, is that the FACE Act fundamentally misstates the rights people have under the First Amendment.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Following a misleading report on hospital finances, The Denver Post published an editorial that misrepresents UCHealth’s role in caring for Colorado patients and misstates key facts about our financial operations.
    — Elizabeth B. Concordia, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of misstates
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  • When a customer-facing agent misinterprets policy, trust erodes instantly.
    — Nitin Rakesh, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Despite that promise, reports indicate the tool often misinterprets requests.
    — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of misinterprets
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  • Alumni contend the investigation is politically motivated and misrepresents the law, aiming to undermine Yale's commitment to diversity.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • While there is certainly a problem with the ubiquity of politicians and business leaders of advanced age, Moyn misrepresents older people and offers solutions that are discriminatory against them.
    — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of misrepresents
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  • With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of dissembles
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  • But as Gingras and Khelfaoui argue in the their preprint, removing the two papers distorts the historical record.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026
  • Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
    — Julie Won, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
Definition of distorts
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“Misspeaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misspeaks. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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