misstate
Verb
- state something incorrectly
- "You misstated my position"
- To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
Examples
- "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?"
Origin / Etymology
From mis- + state.
Scrabble Score: 10
misstate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmisstate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
misstate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
misstate is a valid Words With Friends word