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

Morissette is suing Urinov on claims of civil extortion, fraud and negligent misrepresentation and is requesting more than $75,000 in damages.

— Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Morissette is suing for civil extortion, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of misrepresentation

Noun

An outbreak is precisely the wrong time for the nation’s health leaders to spread misinformation.

— Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026
James, as always, brings his Dickensian eyes and ears to his birth country’s gay culture, which flourished in its own way even during years of oppression and misinformation.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 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

Docherty invites Jacob to clock him with the butt of his service revolver to help sell Docherty’s lie that Jacob overpowered him and escaped.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Within the gaps between formal law and legal custom lie stories of both arbitrary state force and successful Chinese resistance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of lie

Noun

The late Cincinnati Reds owner can be described as cheap, racist and antisemitic without fear of exaggeration.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
McCollough and Hernandez’s collection took accents from von Bonin’s work such as the exaggeration of size and the pops of color that feature in her work, which also often features plush animals.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of exaggeration

Noun

Last year, India had urged members at the BRICS summit to address their trade imbalances with New Delhi, and market access to address that distortion is expected to be on the agenda this year.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Concerns about tariffs are creating distortions in the global market and contributing to higher prices, analysts say.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of distortion

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