misstatement

misstatement
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. error, mistake; misrepresentation, perversion, falsehood.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. exaggeration, distortion, falsity; see error 1 , mistake 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
misrepresentation, innacuracy, misquote, distortion, mistake, falsification, perversion, lie, *blooper.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun An untrue declaration: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie2, misrepresentation, prevarication, story, tale, untruth. Informal: fish story, tall tale. Slang: whopper. See TRUE.

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  • Misstatement — Mis*state ment, n. An incorrect statement. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misstatement — (n.) 1790, from MISSTATE (Cf. misstate) + MENT (Cf. ment) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • misstatement — n. to make a misstatement * * * [ˌmɪs steɪtmənt] to make a misstatement …   Combinatory dictionary

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  • misstatement of fact — I noun distortion, exaggeration, fabrication, false coloring, false statement, falsification, garbled version, misconstruction, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misstatement, perversion, untruth associated concepts: perjury,… …   Law dictionary

  • misstatement — noun see misstate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • misstatement — See misstate. * * * …   Universalium

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