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Definition of "misstated" []

  • Present participle of misstate. (verb)

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Use "misstated" in a sentence
  • "To show that Obama supposedly "misstated" her position, Hillary's website recharacterizes Obama's statement as if he were stating that she never even mouthed words supportive of a phased redeployment; it is a straw-man accusation that the Hillary website responds to, not Obama's actual words."
  • "He also said that, in some cases, the bank took loans in which it had discovered fraudulent activity -- such as misstated income by borrowers -- and rolled them into mortgage securities sold to investors without disclosing the fraud."
  • "One that has been "misstated" before and sticks in the minds of Americans and Canadians alike."