Misstate

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  • transitive verb. To state wrongly or falsely.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To state wrongly; make an erroneous representation of: as, to misstate a question in debate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To state wrongly.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make a statement that is in error, to say incorrectly, have a slip of the tongue. Implies an unintentional error in speaking rather than an intentional lie.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. state something incorrectly
    • Word Usage
    "But people routinely misstate the truth in online profiles, about everything from their age to their name."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    say  state  tell  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    belie  burlesque  camouflage  caricature  color  
    verb-form
    misstated  misstates  misstating  
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