misstate

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Definition of misstate

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verb

(transitive)To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.

“Near-synonym: misreport”
“The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?”
“Correction: August 21, 2017 An earlier version of this article misstated the location of Wuhan. It is in Hubei Province, not Hebei.”

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From mis- + state.

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