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misstatement

misstatement

14 5.8
An incorrect statement that gives the wrong facts
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˈsteɪtmənt/
: declaración inexacta
  • The accountant discovered a serious misstatement in the company's financial report.
  • price-distorting misstatements
  • misstatements and omissions
  • misstatement by an issuer

These are major foreign policy misstatements that could actually lead to war.

Examples

  • While self-correction of this type will indeed help with regard to certain misstatements, a problem remains.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Now, have I made any misstatements of fact up to this point?

    Edge of Eternity (1959)

  • The entry contains a serious misstatement that I would like to have removed.

    Blog text (11)

  • But mistakes are nothing compared to making an apparently deliberate misstatement of a case or rule.

    Academic text (2011)

  • These are major foreign policy misstatements that could actually lead to war.

    Megyn Kelly

  • That was a misstatement.

    FrackNation (2013)

  • Higher levels of liberal choices imply higher levels of risk for misstatements.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Naturally, all filings with the SEC should be free from misstatements, whatever the format.

    Academic text (2005)

  • When an issuer offers equities for sale and makes a price-inflating misstatement or omission, it receives the inflated sales price.

    Academic text (2016)

  • As with corporate misrepresentations and insider trading under Rule 10b-5, the misstatement or omission is actionable only if it relates to a "material fact."

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

error
vsmisstatement
306 1.0

A wrong belief, calculation, or action

is an incorrect assertion focused on a saying rather than any general mistake
falsehood
vsmisstatement
46 4.3

A statement that is not true

is an incorrect assertion that may simply be mistaken rather than a lie
untruth
vsmisstatement
16 5.5

A false statement

is an incorrect assertion that can mislead rather than simply deny truth
misreport
vsmisstatement
6.1

A report that gives wrong information, often by mistake

is a general incorrect assertion rather than only in accounts

How False

lie
∞ 2.7
falsehood
46 4.3
misstatement
14 5.8
error
306 1.0
inaccuracy
24 4.9

Surface Forms

misstatement singular
misstatements plural

Morphology

misstatement = misstate (transparent) = mis + state + ment

Formed as mis- + state -> misstate, then nominalized with -ment; the meaning 'an incorrect statement' is directly derived from the parts.

Etymology

The word misstatement is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' (as in mistake) and statement meaning 'something said or written'. So a misstatement is a 'wrong' or misleading statement — something said or written that is incorrect or untrue.