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misstated

misstated is the simple past and past participle of misstate.

Meaning of misstate

Verb

misstate (third-person singular simple present misstates, present participle misstating, simple past and past participle misstated)

  1. (transitive) To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
    • Near-synonym: misreport
    Synonyms:
    misreport

Questions about misstated

What is misstated the simple past and past participle of?
Misstated is the simple past and past participle of misstate.

Words near misstated in the dictionary

  1. misstart
  2. misstarted
  3. misstarting
  4. misstarts
  5. misstate
  6. misstated
  7. misstatement
  8. misstatements
  9. misstater
  10. misstaters
  11. misstates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstated (page history and authors); misstate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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