misstating

present participle of misstate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of misstating This report repeatedly misrepresents our efforts to empower parents and protect teens, misstating how our safety tools work and how millions of parents and teens are using them today. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstating
Verb
  • At a forum held in July 2017, parents directed their frustrations at Eric Dill, SDUHSD’s superintendent at the time, several saying Adams should have been fired for misleading them and misrepresenting the condition of the Earl Warren ATP facilities.
    Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Then later, after Flores had died, the litigation accuses Freedman of publicly defending himself by betraying attorney-client confidences and misrepresenting the merits of Flores’ own case in the media.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other factors may also be distorting reports of public support for political violence.
    Ryan Kennedy, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Still, another way to view it is that AI is the latest tool in humanity’s long history of shaping and distorting narratives.
    Big Think, Big Think, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Misstating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstating. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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