MEANING
To state something incorrectly or inaccurately.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- misstate a fact
- misstate a position
On the page
The summary misstated the date while preserving the correct sequence of events.
The response misstated the opposing position and therefore did not answer it.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- misstate
- Past tense
- misstated
- Past participle
- misstated
- Present participle
- misstating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- misstate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are misstating
- Present perfect
- have/has misstated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been misstating
- Past
- misstated
- Past continuous
- was/were misstating
- Past perfect
- had misstated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been misstating
- Future
- will misstate
- Future continuous
- will be misstating
- Future perfect
- will have misstated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been misstating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: misstate; misstates; misstated; misstated; misstating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: misstates.
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