misstatement

[ US /mɪˈsteɪtmənt/ ]
[ UK /mɪsstˈe‍ɪtmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a statement that contains a mistake
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How To Use misstatement In A Sentence

  • Geoff Nunberg has a post at Language Log on the word gingerly: a NY Times story on Falluja included the statement "it was a gingerly first step," which pleased him by its proper use of gingerly as an adjective thanks to Tim May for catching my original misstatement! Languagehat.com: GINGER(LY).
  • Some of this will involve zinging the president for misstatements he made or knocking him for other similar missteps.
  • Yet the face-to-face confrontations - scowls, barbs and factual misstatements included - provide Americans their most unvarnished glimpses at the man they will elect commander in chief.
  • That is why we jib slightly the description of this case as a negligent misstatement case.
  • Their intention has been to wait for the final proofs of their articles before correcting the intentional misstatements.
  • Financial fraud is a conscious companies reporting accounting misstatements, false falsification of accounting surplus of conduct.
  • He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.
  • Romney backers have called the flubs simple misstatements, not an indicator that Romney doesn't care about the economic woes of ordinary Americans. NYDN Rss
  • While this booklet has become an official source of information, it is filled with misstatements of fact.
  • It's been going on for a couple of cycles now, and it was designed to be - is designed to be both an antidote to the misstatements that the candidates say during the debate, but also it's supposed to be an antidote to spin.
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