misstate
verb (used with object)
to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
misstates
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present tense formof misstate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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 ● Sep. 30, 2022
An article on Page 8 this weekend about New York’s teen punk bands in the 1970s misstates the name Arthur Brennan adopted when he ran away to New York City to join a band.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
In the argument there is this great fault, that it misstates the question at the outset.
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Thomas Arnold
