misstated

verb

past tense of misstate
as in misrepresented
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of it was important that the spokesperson not misstate the company's position to the media

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Recent Examples of misstated The email version of this misstated the investment threshold on one reference. — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026 Busfield’s team filed a motion on June 18 asking the court to throw out the indictment, arguing that the prosecution did not present a fair and impartial case and misstated the law to the grand jury. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 July 2026 Correction, July 14 The original version of this story misstated where Hanson appeared in Titanique. — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026 This article previously misstated details about the Faro Santander show. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026 An earlier version misstated the date. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 26 June 2026 An earlier version of this article misstated the year traditional cigarette advertising was banned in F1. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstated
  1. misrepresented
  2. distorted
Verb
  • The federal case was based on allegations the social media giant misrepresented the extent of child mental health harms caused by apps like Facebook and Instagram.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That’s especially true for Black communities that have been harmfully misrepresented by mainstream outlets.
    — Danielle K. Brown, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of misrepresented
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  • Garner argued that commodity ETFs have already distorted price discovery on occasion.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart amid the backlash and offered a rare apology but said the media distorted his comments.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorted

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“Misstated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstated. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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