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 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
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  • We have been studied, tracked, misrepresented, and monetized by tools built without us and aimed at us.
    — Daphne Bryson Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sánchez said human trafficking organizations misrepresented the decision, triggering the influx.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of misrepresented
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  • But this may be distorted by its stake in AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Carried by the wind, the music was loud one moment and soft the next, its sound distorted by the air currents.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of distorted

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“Misstated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstated. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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