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Misstatement   /mɪstˈeɪtmənt/   Listen
Misstatement

noun
1.
A statement that contains a mistake.





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"Misstatement" Quotes from Famous Books



... into the hands of the sovereign for his own exclusive benefit, whether for purposes of utility or ornament. Certain it is that no fact is better attested by the Conquerors themselves, who had ample means of information, and no motive for misstatement.—The Italian poets, in their gorgeous pictures of the gardens of Alcina and Morgana, came nearer the truth than ...
— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott


Words linked to "Misstatement" :   slip of the tongue, statement, mistake, malapropism, error, malaprop, misstate


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