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MISSTATEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A statement that contains a mistake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("misstatement" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misstatement"):
error; mistake (part of a statement that is not correct)
malaprop; malapropism (the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar)
slip of the tongue (an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking)
Derivation:
misstate (state something incorrectly)
