misstatement
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mis·state
(mĭs-stāt′)tr.v. mis·stat·ed, mis·stat·ing, mis·states
To state wrongly or falsely.
mis·state′ment n.
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| Noun | 1. | misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" malaprop, malapropism - the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar slip of the tongue - an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking |
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misstatement
nounAn untrue declaration:
canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie, misrepresentation, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.
Informal: fish story, tall tale.
Slang: whopper.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
misstatement
n → falsche Darstellung
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007