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Definition of Misstatement

1. Noun. A statement that contains a mistake.

Definition of Misstatement

1. n. An incorrect statement.

Definition of Misstatement

1. Noun. A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie. ¹

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Definition of Misstatement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misstatement

Literary usage of Misstatement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1882)
"It must be wholly charged on a wilful misstatement of facts. It is true, the monkish chronicler is not always quite so scrupulous in this particular as ..."

2. The Essentials of Business Law by Francis Marion Burdick (1902)
"misstatement of fact, not of opinion.—In our definition of fraud it was intimated that the ... misstatement of fact, which buyer ought not to rely on. ..."

3. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1912)
"... misstatement and Its Correction.—The King Supreme in Spiritual Affairs!—God Almighty Still Recognized in Mexico. THE first decade of the eighteenth ..."

4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"1 On October 12, having made a misstatement the evening before as to Palmer, Cook & Co. being bondsmen of Thomas J. Henley as postmaster of San Francisco, ..."

5. A Life of Gen. Zachary Taylor: Comprising a Narrative of Events Connected by Joseph Reese Fry, Robert Taylor Conrad (1847)
"Luther—Statement of Forces—Arista's Despatch—misstatement of his Force—Explanations of Failure—False colouring—Acknowledgment of Loss—Remarks on the causes ..."

6. A Treatise on the American Law of Vendor and Purchaser of Real Property by George William Warvelle (1902)
"But where he makes a misstatement of fact or a misrepresentation which is calculated to, and does, affect action on the part of bidders, ..."

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