misstatement

misstatement
misstatement (n.) 1790, from MISSTATE (Cf. misstate) + -MENT (Cf. -ment).

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  • misstatement — mis‧state‧ment [ˌmɪsˈsteɪtmənt] noun [countable] LAW the act of deliberately giving false information to someone, especially in order to persuade them to enter into a contract, or a statement giving false information; = MISREPRESENTATION * * *… …   Financial and business terms

  • misstatement — I noun bad reporting, blunder, deceit, deception, deviation from truth, distortion, duplicity, erratum, error, false statement, falsehood, falsification, fiction, imprecision, inaccuracy, incorrect statement, inexactitude, inexactness,… …   Law dictionary

  • misstatement — [n] misrepresentation adulteration, coloring, distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, false light, falsification, inaccuracy, lie, misstatement, mutilation, not a true picture*, slant, story*, stretch, tall story*, twist, untruth;… …   New thesaurus

  • Misstatement — Mis*state ment, n. An incorrect statement. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Misstatement — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Misstatement (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on misstatement instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/misstatement …   Wikipedia

  • misstatement — n. to make a misstatement * * * [ˌmɪs steɪtmənt] to make a misstatement …   Combinatory dictionary

  • misstatement — [[t]mɪ̱sste͟ɪtmənt[/t]] misstatements N COUNT A misstatement is an incorrect statement, or the giving of false information. [mainly AM] He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee... While this booklet has become an… …   English dictionary

  • misstatement of fact — I noun distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, false coloring, false statement, falsification, garbled version, misconstruction, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misstatement, perversion, untruth associated concepts: perjury,… …   Law dictionary

  • misstatement — noun see misstate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • misstatement — See misstate. * * * …   Universalium

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