to misstate
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6.2
- verb
- /ˌmɪsˈsteɪt/
:
informar incorrectamente
- Have I misstated any of the facts?
He was bragging about his record on guns and once again he misstated the facts.
- He was bragging about his record on guns and once again he misstated the facts.
- He gives them some other examples of sophistical things to misstate the elements of the case.
Examples
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An earlier version of this text misstated that Rice was the first African American secretary of state.
Blog text (24) -
Current estimates put the fraud at $11 billion in misstated income.
Academic text (2004) -
An earlier version of this post misstated the volunteer policy of the organization New York Cares.
Blog text (3) -
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the proportion of full professors who are women.
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And I misstated the twin prime conjecture.
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The most common objection during final argument is, "Objection, your honor, counsel is misstating the evidence."
Academic text (2005) -
WorldCom admits that it had misstated its earnings by $3.8 billion.
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An earlier version of this post misstated the name of the author of "Zombie Nouns."
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A previous version of this text misstated the status of Idaho's mandatory ultrasound bill legislation.
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The report mistakenly misstates the budget figures, leading to confusion among the committee members.
Synonyms
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6.9
Give a false story about someone or something to trick people
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8.0
To describe a person or thing unfairly
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5.6
To say something wrong by mistake
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6.3
Say something about a person or thing that is not correct
How Inaccurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misstate comes from the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb state meaning 'to say', just like in statement. So to misstate is to 'say' something wrongly, which is why it means to report or express something inaccurately.