MISSTATEMENT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

misstatement

noun

Definition of misstatement

as in misrepresentation

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Recent Examples of misstatement The reference to the co-defendant's YOS sentence was mistakenly included in some communication out of our office based on a previous misstatement and was not part of the Governor's decision process. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 19 May 2026 Lee Watson, in the email, said Burns never represented the board in the lawsuit and telling the court otherwise is a misstatement. — Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026 Either the 20% inaccuracy penalty or the 40% gross valuation misstatement penalty would apply. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 That misstatement surely deceived nobody. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026 Due to misstatement by CoreWeave’s CEO, a prior version of this story had an incorrect figure for the number of data centers. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025 One study — admittedly small and enabled by the hack of affair-arranging app Ashley Madison in 2015 — found that companies whose CEOs or CFOs were paying users of the site were twice as likely to have had a financial misstatement or involvement in a securities class action. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025 So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers. — Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The history of disability discourse in the movies is one usually filled with trauma and misrepresentation.

— Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
The law permits the government to seek denaturalization when citizenship was illegally obtained or secured through concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresentation

Noun

Most recently this month, a Wall Street Journal analysis of 4 million TikTok videos and political podcasts reiterated that, broadly, public concerns are not rooted in misinformation.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
But decades of greater media abundance have not solved problems of knowledge, misinformation or trust.

— Seth Ashley, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of misinformation

Noun

After belatedly learning of Bu’s falsification, her family earlier this month posted her photos online and appealed for information about her whereabouts, prompting extensive media coverage of her case.

— Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The university investigation eventually concluded that Churchill had committed multiple instances of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.

— Jeff Gurney, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of falsification

Noun

Hours at a time isn’t an exaggeration, especially since the 14S lasted a jaw-dropping 38 hours and 29 minutes in our video testing, which is the kind of endurance coffee shop dwellers can only dream about.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
While that’s an exaggeration by Cole’s lofty standards, one thing is certain with the playoffs nearing.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggeration

Noun

Still, the track eventually collides into a seasick wall of distortion that recalls lovesliescrushing’s weightless takes on shoegaze as Pitchkites sings of unmet expectations and self pity.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2026
Alongside these are conventional effects plugins covering reverb, delay, chorus, compression, EQ, distortion/saturation, and pitch shifting.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

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