misstate
Americanverb (used with object)
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misstates,
present (3rd person singular)
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misstated,
past participle, past
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misstating
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
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Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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misstatesimple
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misstatessimple
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have misstatedperfect
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has misstatedperfect
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am misstatingprogressive
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are misstatingprogressive
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is misstatingprogressive
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have been misstatingperfect progressive
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has been misstatingperfect progressive
Past
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misstatedsimple
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had misstatedperfect
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was misstatingprogressive
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were misstatingprogressive
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had been misstatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of misstate
Example Sentences
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He also said that supporters of parent-notification policies misstate or misunderstand the parent-teacher relationship that exists in practice and under state law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"He's pretty young, I will say. He's 17," the former president said, appearing to misstate his age.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
But many legal scholars, along with university lawyers and administrators, believe at least some of those free-speech assertions muddle, misstate, test or even flout the amendment, which is meant to guard against state suppression.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
They have also complained that the chief judge of the state’s high court appeared to misstate key facts of the case when he discussed the court ruling that overturned Cosby’s conviction in a television interview.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Did Tolley know the facts and misstate them?
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Thomas K. Holmes
Notably, Colorado’s trial court rejected this line of attack years ago, because it fundamentally misstates what Boulder is trying to do.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Mr. Burke misstates the date the Air France plane was hijacked as July 6, 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
Nikola said Milton's social media post "misstates the facts," adding in a statement to Reuters that the proposal to increase its share base could pass without his support.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2023
“Bauer does not present any compelling argument as to why Thiagarajah’s using a synonym of the court’s own language misstates the court’s findings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
M. Comte himself observes that the evolution of science has been accomplished by the division of labour; but he quite misstates the mode in which this division of labour has operated.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
Correction An earlier version misstated the ratio of ‘transgender-related diagnoses’ to diabetes cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A previous version of this report misstated the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
An earlier version of this article misstated the estimated valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
District Judge George Wu, misstated the law required to prove guilt, saying if Boylan “engaged in misconduct and/or acted with gross negligence,” he could be found guilty of the charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
It is clear that he wished to conceal his real age, that he falsified the date of his departure for Dalmatia, and that he somewhat misstated the nature of his intimacy with Mme.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
The bank terminated Bodner in May 2024, claiming he violated policy by using a company card for a home party and misstating the expense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“Santander’s decision to broadly market its new stated-income policy, even to dealers with a history of misstating income, led to a significant spike in the number of early payment defaults.”
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the courtroom, government lawyers actually told Judge Howell that these officials “don’t necessarily understand” legal “terms of art” like reasonable suspicion and probable cause and that they were just misstating the policy.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2025
If you think of immigrants as labor only, you are misstating the point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
That is a matter which gives me great satisfaction, and I believe the House will agree with me that I am not misstating the case.
From Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 by John Bright
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