misstatement

Noun

misstatement (countable and uncountable, plural misstatements)

1. Something stated wrongly; a (usually unintentionally) incorrect statement.
   • Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an...1916 March, “Criticisms and Notes: Burgess: The Reconciliation of Government with Liberty”, in American Ecclesiastical Review, volume LIV, number 3, Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press, pages 373–374
   • his gubernatorial campaign, noteworthy mostly for his seemingly daily racist and otherwise offensive misstatements1990 April 7, Laura Briggs, “Silber Comes Out Against Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, page 6